All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to read more

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.

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute read more

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute for an all-out, over-the-ramparts, howling charge against life. That's living. Living does not consist of sitting in a temple in the shadows and getting rheumatism from the cold stones. Living is hot, it's fast, it's often brutal! It has a terrific gamut of emotional reactions. If you are really willing to live, you first have to be willing to do anything that consists of living. Weird. But it's one of those awfully true things that you wonder why one has to say it. And yet it has to be said.

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand read more

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts read more

Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn

The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.

The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything read more

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality; then it is a quality of the spirit.