Those who have known God without knowing their own wretchedness have not glorified him but themselves.

He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence.

Knowing God without knowing our wretchedness leads to pride. Knowing our wretchedness without knowing God leads to despair. Knowing Jesus Christ is the middle course, because in him we find both God and our wretchedness.

Knowlege of God without knowledge of man's wretchedness leads to pride. Knowledge of man's wretchedness without knowledge of God leads to despair. Knowledge of Jesus Christ is the middle course, because by it we discover both God and our wretched state.

There is the difference between us,” he said. “You are God embodied. You walk around within the greatest miracle of this universe, yet you refuse to touch or see or feel or believe in it.

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.

If you do not know your heart, you do not know your God.

Unfortunately, many of us do not know God except in supplication.

God is in me or else is not at all (does not exist).

Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride.
Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair.
Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.

You’re weak! Your god's weak!"

I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there's somebody nobody knows about.

He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realise God in this very life. (2)