I am as vast as God; there is nothing in the world O Miracle: that can shut me up in myself..

The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it..

A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen..

God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault..

The name of Jesus is as ointment poured forth; It nourishes, and illumines, and stills the anguish of the soul..

The one awakened liberated sees all things as one unseparated..

God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear..

Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me..

The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision..

The Rose is without 'why'—she blooms because she blooms..

The rose has no 'Why?' It flowers because it flowers..

If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally..

Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine..

I am like God and God like me. I am as large as God. He is as small as I. He cannot above me nor I beneath him be..

The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity..

A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature..

What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse..

By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound..

Three days: Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday, I know, Yet if the past were cancelled within the here and now, And then the future hidden, I could regain….

God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root..

We keep so busy talking we are so keen to act that we forget that in the heart lies all we need untapped, intact..