If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words and actions, and attains to the ultimate Truth only in silence and Love.

Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.

The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.

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.

People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell.

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?

But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.