There is knowledge of God and the spiritual nature of man, as well as other types of reality..., that are not reducible to the world dealt with by the so-called "natural" sciences. The idea that knowledge - and, of course, reality - is limited to that world is the single most destructive idea on the stage of life today.

Happiness in reality consists only in rest, and not in being stirred up. This instinct conflicts with the drive to diversion, and we develop the confused idea that leads people to aim at rest through excitement.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.

When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.

Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that's why people struggle with them so.

Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts, and instrumentalities of presence of the kingdom among us. They are 'societies' of Jesus.