Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.

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.

Before knowledge comes understanding, before understanding comes wisdom.

Nobody needs to worry whether or not I've been tested.

The biggest problem is that people want to tell the whole story, and they write letters that are way longer than anything I could possibly run.

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

I am engaged to Concord and my own private pursuits by 10,000 ties, and it would be suicide to rend them.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

In order to be a good soldier it is necessary to know how to dance.

When evangelizers rise from prayer, their hearts are more open; freed of self-absorption, they are desirous of doing good and sharing their lives with others.

So I got off the plane and I forget to take off my seat-belt and I'm dragging the plane through the terminal... The wings are knocking people over.