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.

If you have never had any distractions you don't know how to pray.

We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another.

The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness.

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.