I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

At these words I was utterly stupefied and terror-stricken. I thought to myself, “With what tongue shall I address such majesty, seeing that all men ought to tremble in the presence of even an earthly prince? Who am I, that I should lift up mine eyes or raise my hands to the divine Majesty? The angels surround him. At his nod the earth trembles. And shall I, a miserable little pygmy, say ‘I want this, I ask for that’? For I am dust and ashes and full of sin and I am speaking to the living, eternal and the true God.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without