To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now.

Our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

When we give generously, with an abundance mentality, what we give away will multiply.

Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can take place through a long, quiet process of transformation. But it always involves an inner experience of oneness.

A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling to the results of our actions as our only way of self-identifiction, then we become possessive and defensive and tend to look at our fellow human beings more as enemies to be kept at a distance than as friends with whom we share the gifts of life.

Through discipline, discipline is the other side of discipleship. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to have discipline.