The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.

All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind--these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell. It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.

In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.

The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God

The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.