And that is why the man who wants to see clearly, before he will believe, never starts on the journey.

One of the most important-and most neglected-elements in the beginning of the interior life is the ability to respond to reality, to see the value and the beauty in ordinary things, to come alive to the splendour that is all around us.

Grains of error planted innocently in a well-kept greenhouse can become giant poisonous trees.

The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.

We thank Him less by words than by the serene happiness of silent acceptance. It is our emptiness in the presence of His reality, our silence in the presence of His infinitely rich silence, our joy in the bosom of the serene darkness in which His light holds us absorbed, it is all this that praises Him.

Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else.

You are made in the image of what you desire.