Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something else.

I said, O Love, tell me this: Does the Lord know you are treating me this way? Love said to me, yes He does, just be totally… totally… silent

Free of who I was, free of presence, free of dangerous fear, hope, free of mountainous wanting.

Why, when God's world is so big, did you fall asleep in a prison, of all places?

The cure for pain is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed. If you don't have both, you don't belong with us.

I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns.

If you are a man of learning, read something classic, a history of the human struggle and don't settle for mediocre verse.