“To be one of God's lilies means an interior abandonment of the rarest kind. It means that we are to be infinitely passive, and yet infinitely active also; passive as regards self and its workings, active as regards attention and response to God. It is very hard to explain this so as to be understood But it means that we must lay down all the activity of the creature, as such, and must let only the activities of God work in us, and through us, and by us. Self must step aside, to let God work.”

“God had not abandoned us. He was actively working behind the scenes, when I had no means or spirit to fight.”

“Listening to God's word means a trust, a belief, that the word of God is alive and active in our midst, that it will touch us if we let it.”

“Nothing else is needed to quiet all your fears, but just this, that GOD IS.”

“put together all the tenderest love you know of, multiply it by infinity and you will begin to see glimpses of the love and grace of God.”

“...we think being a Christian means to go to church on Sunday and trying to be good through the week. Now I see it means suffering, being willing to let the hard things happen to you, so that God can use us to do His work on this earth!”

“We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator, an unhappy, Godless self to a happy, God-filled self Only God can save us from this disease. That is what the name "Jesus" means: 'God saves'.”