The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.

The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.

Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?

It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.