“God is a dark night to man in this life.”

My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You.

It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

Silence is God’s first language.

In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

All the powers of soul and body, memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, the desires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.

When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.

Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

If it were given to a man to see virtue’s reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.

Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.

Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.

In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.

In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.

Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.

Together, you and I can prove that light is stronger than darkness.

Together, you and I can prove that light is stronger than darkness.

Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.

I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.

I’m interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too.