My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.

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.

To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved.

Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.

Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.

The will is transformed by experience, not information.

In a world apart from God, the power of denial is absolutely essential if life is to proceed. The will or spirit cannot-psychologically cannot-sustain itself for any length of time in the face of what it clearly acknowledges to be the case. Therefore it must deny and evade and delude itself.