Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.

Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.

When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.

[...]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.

Our lives are unique stones in the mosaic of human existence -- priceless and irreplaceable.

I wrote to my bishop, the Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland, and explained that I wanted not just permission to stay longer, but a mission. He met me at the Trosly L'Arche community and we spent a few days together . . . I wanted him to get to know L'Arche, to understand what I was doing there. Afterward he said, "I understand now, Henri. You have found a home for your self."

Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have to keep searching for your body's deeper need, the need for genuine love. Every time you are able to go beyond the body's superficial desires for love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and unity.