Do not wish to jump immediately from the streams to the sea, because one has to go through easier things to the more difficult.
Love follows knowledge.
Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.
The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.
There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.