“When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth.” SoulEvilBlackWaterProduceMiseryFaultsPoolRootedFilthPitch Black Book:Interior Castle Source: Interior Castle
“In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.” MenWellsSoulStatesWaterGraceTreeFlowRiversStreamsRisingRootedCrystals Book:The Interior Castle, or the Mansions Source: The Interior Castle, or the Mansions