Do Not Think That Saintliness Comes From

A Free Mind Is One Which Is Untroubled And Unfettered By Anything, Which Has Not Bound Its Best Part To Any Particular Manner Of Being Or Worship And Which Does Not Seek Its Own Interest In Anything But Is Always Immersed In God's Most Precious Will. . . . There Is No Work Which Men And Women Can Perform, However Small, Which Does Not Draw From This Its Power And Strength.

The First Measn By Which He Draws Is Affinity, That Affinity Which Brings Creatures Of The Same Species Together, And Like To Its Like. With This Cord Of Affinity He Drew Men To The Godhead, Whom He Always Resembles. In Order That God May Draw More To Himself, And Forget His Wrath.

God Is Nearer To Me Than I Am To Myself; He Is Just As Near To Wood And Stone, But They Do Not Know It.

For A Heart To Be Perfectly Ready It Has To Be Perfectly Empty. In This Condition It Has Attained Its Maximum Capacity.

The Most Powerful Prayer, One Well-nigh Omnipotent, And The Worthiest Work Of All Is The Outcome Of A Quiet Mind. The Quieter It Is The More Powerful, The Worthier, The Deeper, The More Telling And More Perfect The Prayer Is. To The Quiet Mind All Things Are Possible. What Is A Quiet Mind? A Quiet Mind Is One Which Nothing Weighs On, Nothing Worries, Which, Free From Ties And From All Self-seeking, Is Wholly Merged Into The Will Of God And Dead To Its Own.