Humility sets us free to do what is really good, by showing us our illusions and withdrawing our will from what was only an apparent good.

If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write for yourself, you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted that you will wish that you were dead.

To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without.

May we all grow in grace and peace and not neglect the silence that is printed in the center of our being. It will not fail us.

The whole world has risen in Christ... If God is 'all in all,' then everything is in fact paradise, because it is filled with the glory and presence of God, and nothing is any more separated from God.

How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?

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