“Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there.”

“One must learn an inner solitude, wherever one may be.”

“A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.”

“One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.”

“[W]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge.”

“Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this.Others say they would be better off in church.If you do well, you do well wherever you are. If you fail, you fail wherever you are. Your surroundings don't matter. God is with you everywhere -- in the market place as well as in seclusion or in the church.If you look for nothing but God, nothing or no one can disturb you.God is not distracted by a multitude of things.Nor can we be.”

“Love is as strong as death, as hard as Hell. Death separates the soul from the body, but love separates all things from the soul.”