A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one's spiritual life, as nothing else can.

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.

Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed.

This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.

My growth depends on my walls coming down.

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day.

God did not create you for sorrow and sickness

She is a small woman with a face like a book mite

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.

Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea!

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

All the senses awaken and fall into harmony in poetic reverie. Poetic reverie listens to this polyphony of the senses, and the poetic consciousness must record it.

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

Mortal man! You've wasted your time mostly with wrong and empty beliefs! And now you have started understanding that most important thing in life is existence!