What a child does when not told what to do is the final indicator of what and who that child is.

What is truly profound is thought to be stupid and trivial, or worse, boring, while what is actually stupid and trivial is thought to be profound. That is what it means to fly upside down.

God does not 'love' us without liking us.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.

In the story of the good Samaritan, Jesus not only teaches us to help people in need; more deeply, he teaches us that we cannot identify who “has it”, who is “in” with God, who is “blessed”, by looking at exteriors of any sort. That is a matter of the heart. There alone the kingdom of the heavens and human kingdoms great and small are knit together. Draw any cultural or social line you wish, and God will find his way beyond it.

Education (the institution) has now adopted values, attitudes, and practices that make any rigorous understanding of the human self and life impossible.