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

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live.

My life is ... a mystery which I do not attempt to really understand, as though 1 were led by the hand in a night where I see nothing, but can fully depend on the love and protection of Him who guides me.

O love-why can't you leave me alone? Which is a rhetorical question meaning: for heaven's sake, don't.

Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny....To work out our identity in God.

Music and art and poetry attune the soul to God.

Man was made for the highest activity, which is, in fact, his rest.