Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a real sense of your own sinfulness, not an artificial humility.

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.

As a good wine must be kept in a good cask, so a wholesome body is the proper foundation for a well-appointed inner ground.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God. Ask yourself. Then listen!

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.

In the school of the spirit, man learns wisdom through humility.

The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way.

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.

Many people have said to me that I’m a mystic. I find that a bit mysterious. I just use logic and common sense for my philosophies.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.

Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

Vision encompasses vast vistas outside the realm of the predictable, the safe, the expected.

Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments.

I love stories with a happy ending,” Inspector Me said.

I don't know if anyone ever 'wins' a war.

I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.

At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.