It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

The difference between more or less intelligent men is like the difference between criminals condemned to life imprisonment in smaller or larger cells. The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like a condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

Attentiveness is the heart of prayer.