Quotes by Trappist Monks

A jeweler will prefer the smallest fragment of diamond to several sapphires; and so, in the order established by God, our intimacy with Him gives Him more glory than all possible good, procured by us, for a great number of souls, but to the detriment of our own progress. Our Heavenly Father, “who devotes Himself more to the direction of a soul in which He reigns, than to the natural government of the whole universe and to the civil government of all empires,” looks for this harmony in our zeal.

Jean-Baptiste Chautard

Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.

Thomas Keating

God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.

Thomas Keating