The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

It is grace in us that inspire us to seek grace outside.

When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts.

There's a real freedom without all that stuff, once you learn to get by without all the things you thought were necessities.

Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.