God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.

To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.

Love draws forth love.

I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.

Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.

Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting its rough waves joyfully.

Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.