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

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?

I only read what I am hungry for at the moment when I have an appetite for it, and then I do not read, I eat.

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.

prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable towards God. The quality of the attention counts for much in the quality of the prayer. Warmth of heart cannot make up for it.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.