Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him. We seek nothing but his exaltation. We focus on nothing but his goodness.

The lust for affluence in contemporary society has become psychotic; it has completely lost touch with reality.

One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control others. If we are silent, who will take control? God will take control, but we will never let him take control until we trust him. Silence is intimately related to trust.

If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and this leads us to prayer.

We must understand the connection between inner solitude and inner silence; they are inseparable. All the masters of the interior life speak of the two in the same breath.

Prayer is simply saying "thank you, bless you, praise you."