When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.

So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination. Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.

If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.

Whoever wants God intensely, finds Him. Go and verify it in your own life.

The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.

The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.