The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.
Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.
Nobody at any time is cut off from God.
This then is salvation – when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.
The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees; Hazel seeds into hazel trees; And God seeds into God.
Become aware of what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it.
I need to be silent for awhile, worlds are forming in my heart.
Outward as well as inward morality helps to form the idea of a true Christian freedom. We are right to lay stress on inwardness, but in this world there is no inwardness without an outward expression.
To grasp God in all things – this is the sign of your new birth.
As God can only be seen by His own light, so He can only be loved by His own love.
Think more about who you are and less about what you do, for if you are just, your ways will be just.
Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. I cannot fully praise nor love Him therefore must I die, and cast myself into the divine void, till I rise from non-existence to existence.
I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God.
Remember this: all suffering comes to an end. And whatever you suffer authentically, God has suffered from it first.
Only those to whom God is present in everything and who employ their reason in the highest degree and have true enjoyment in it know anything of true peace and have a real kingdom of heaven.
One must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind.
A pure heart is one that is unencumbered, unworried, uncommitted and which does not want its own way about anything but which, rather, is submerged in the loving will of God.
When God sends his angel to the soul it becomes the one who knows for sure.
I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle. Let him or her get the center in the right place and keep it so and the circumference will be good.
We shall find God in everything alike, and find God always alike in everything.