One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works. - Meister Eckhart

Now, you might say: how can this be? I cannot feel his presence in any way. Listen to this. Sensing his presence is not in your power but in his. He will show himself when it suits him to do so, and he can also remain hidden if that is his wish. This is what Christ meant when he said to Nicodemus: ‘The spirit breathes where it will: you hear its voice but do not know where it comes from, or where it is going’ (John 3:8).

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.