The whole point of view of the anarchist is that everything must start from the bottom up, from man. It seems to me so human a philosophy.

Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.

Two years ago, I was saying as I planted seeds in the garden, "I must believe in these seeds, that they fall into the earth and grow into flowers and radishes and beans." It is a miracle to me because I do not understand it. The very fact that they use glib technical phrases does not make it any less a miracle, and a miracle we all accept. Then why not accept God's miracles?

The holy man was the whole man, the man of integrity, who not only tried to change the world, but to live in it as it was.

It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living.

What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.