Julian of Norwich

"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."

"He did not say 'you will not be tempest-tossed, you will not be work-weary, you will not be discomforted.' But he said 'you will not be overcome.'"

"God is our true Peace and our true Mother."

"I saw that he is everything that is good."

"Love was his meaning."

"In our sensuality God is with us, embracing and cherishing us."

"Though our Lord showed me that I should sin, by this revelation of love, I understood that the safeguard of us all is in his mercy and protection."

"God, of your goodness, give me yourself."

"We are not fully our own until we are his."

"If I understood rightly, the business of prayer is to unify the soul with God."

"A wonderful divine encouragement is given in love in these two words: 'I keep you safely.'"

"The fullness of joy is to see God in everything."

"God showed me the small thing, the size of a hazelnut, in the palm of my hand; and it was round as a ball."

"Our life is grounded in love, without which we cannot live."

"The greatest honor we can give almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love."

"Patience accomplishes our task, along with mercy."

"Do not grieve; I have overcome the world."

"He is the ground of our beseeching."

"All love is his making."

"Sin is no deed, for in all this blessed revelation, sin was not mentioned."

"The soul is so precious and so great that God regards it with great honor."

"In the essence of our soul we are eternal, and this is a characteristic which belongs to our creation."

"I understood three things in this revelation. First, the instrument of our salvation is love."

"Our good Lord wills that we have great regard to all the deeds which he has done, for they were done most excellently."

"God loves us endlessly, and his love can never diminish."

"I learned that our Lord regards the good deeds which we do through his help and his grace."

"To pray is our occupation and our duty."

"It is impossible for any soul to find rest till it is emptied of all things that are not God."

"The greatest possible blessing is to see and know the face of God."

"Sin is necessary, but all shall be well."