The thoughts contained in this book were from the pen of one who, in the silence of the Charterhouse, had already arrived at the summits of the spiritual heights, and dwelt there unceasingly.
They Speak by Silences was first.
It is chiefly for such as these - to encourage and help them to arrive at those same heights - that these thoughts have been preserved and collected.
Souls who have reached such perfection in this life are rare; not so rare, however, are those who ardently aspire thereto.
The thoughts contained in this book were from the pen of one who, in the silence of the Charterhouse, had already arrived at the summits of the spiritual heights, and dwelt there unceasingly