People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.

The people who most affected me were the ones who got right in there with me, who cried with me, but who also had a certain authority, who dared to say what needed saying.

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I realize how crucial it is not to allow myself to become paralyzed by feelings of helplessness and guilt. More important than ever is to be very faithful to my vocation to do well the few things I am called to do and hold on to the joy and peace they bring me. I must resist the temptation to let the forces of darkness pull me into despair and make me one more of their many victims.

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. God loves us, not because of what we do or accomplish, but because God has created and redeemed us in love.

When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the structures of our world.

People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.