The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?

To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.

Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.

To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.

Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.