Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God.

Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple.

He suddenly announced that he could not write any more since "All that I have written seems like straw to me."

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.