January 26th
Book Two, Chapter 1
Of Interior Conversation

Turn to the Lord with your whole heart, and quit this miserable world, and your soul will find rest.  Learn to slight exterior things, and to give yourself to interior things, and you will see the kingdom of God come within you....There is nothing that so defiles and entangles the heart of man as an impure attachment to created things.  If you will refuse exterior consolations, then you will be able to apply your mind to heavenly things, and experience frequent interior joy.