La Vie Graphite

“I’ve sat and watched the tide go out But I did not chase- no I did not doubt The water would return to shore And meet me once agai...

“The spirit of prayer is a pressing forth of the soul out of its earthly life, it is a stretching with all its desire after the l...

“The spiritual life is a long and often arduous search for what you have already found. You can only seek God when you have already...

"I can see night in the day time. Into the woods I quietly go. It takes all the strength I have in me. These are the woods; T...

"For the unseen love of a sincere heart persevering through that dark cloud of unknowing between you and your God in a hidden...

"Sweet night, in whose blessed fold No human eye beheld me, and mine eye None could behold. Only for Guide had I His face ...

"To the one that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden bread from heaven, And I will give to each one a white stone, and...

"Do not think about the world, nor about your friends, nor about the past, present, or future; but consider yourself to be o...

"Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inex...

"Look to God and be radiant; Let your faces not be abashed. This poor man called; The Lord heard him, And rescued him from a...