“They would say," he answered, "that you do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but have lost love because you never attempted obedience.”

“God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.”

“There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law.
"Obedience keeps the rules," he would say. "Love knows when to break them."”

“You like him because he's a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.”

“Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.”

“Obedience is not servility. On the contrary the servile are never rightly obedient.”

“Q: Why do I love thee, O Night?
A: Because you know I will never answer.”

“What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.”

“If you believe yourself unfortunate because you have loved and lost, perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely.”

“Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.
If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.”