We refuse love, and reject society, in so far as it seems, in our own perverse imagination, to imply some obscure kind of humiliation

While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance.

You are certainly one of the joys of life for all who have ever come within a mile of you.

Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep inexpressible certitude of the contemplative experience awakens a tragic anguish and opens many questions in the depths of the heart like wounds that cannot stop bleeding.

You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father.

Art is not an end in itself. It introduces the soul into a higher spiritual order, which it expresses and in some sense explains.

We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by grace, and therefore in that sense we have arrived and are dwelling in the light. But oh! How far have I to go to find You in Whom I have already arrived!