'You ought to forget yourself in God; let your spirit
fall, as a drop of water, into that immense ocean of charity, to repose
there and receive the divine communications, without losing sight of
your nothingness. We learn all things in this divine solitude; we learn
more things in this interior school by being silent than by talking. St.
Mary Magdalen out of love fell at the feet of Jesus; there she was
silent, she listened, she loved, she lost herself in love.'