Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
God is a great underground river that no one can dam up and no one can stop.
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
When a man sees the one in all things, he is above mere understanding.
Even now one rarely hears of people achieving great things unless they first stumble in some respect.
Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.
God is bound to act, to pour Himself into thee as soon as He shall find thee ready.
The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge.
The quieter the mind, the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God.
And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.
God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.
God does not work in all hearts alike, but according to the preparation and sensitivity He finds in each.
To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process.
Our best chance of finding God is to look in the place where we left him.
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell.
One must learn an inner solitude, wherever one may be.