If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.

Let thy words be few when in the midst of many.

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

As God's beloved, I live in the bliss knowing that my soul is never separated from Him, for I learn to know Her in all that I see. God dissolved my mind-my separation. I cannot describe now my intimacy with Him.

With all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound.