Let all the voices be stopped. Speak to me, Lord, Thou alone.
- Thomas A' Kempis

O Lord my God,
Teach my heart this day where and how to see you,
Where and how to find you.
You have made me and remade me,
And you have bestowed on me
All the good things I possess,
And still I do not know you.
I have not yet done that
For which I was made.
Teach me to seek you,
For I cannot seek you
Unless you teach me,
Or find you
Unless you show yourself to me.
Let me seek you in my desire,
Let me desire you in my seeking.
Let me find you by loving you,
Let me love you when I find you.
- St. Anselm

Drop Thy still dews of quietness til all our strivings cease.
Take from our lives the strain and stress
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Hymn by John Whittier, 1872)