“There is nothing better or more necessary than love.”

Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.

Do not let your “eye” be drawn by the false “beacon lamps” -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.

Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!

At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.

God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.

Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

Who teaches the soul if not God?

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.

Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.

The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.

He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.

Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.

In the midst of all dwells the Sun. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in this most glorious temple, than whence he can at one and the same time brighten the whole

The more I wanted to scream my pain out, the better listener I became. Thinking how badly others would have wanted it too.

I’m chasing old feelings because tomorrow has yet to show me anything better than you.

Sometimes its better when things don’t go the way you’ve planned.

Never lose good in you for the better in someone else.

You know the marks of my skin better than anyone else. I’d be lying if I didn’t say you’ve made a few yourself.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

I became your melancholy your unfinished symphony its better to leave undone rather than knowing I did my best yet wasn’t enough.