If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. – Francis Quarles
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. – Francis Quarles
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Francis Quarles
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. – Aldous Huxley