The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young people a vision.

I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.

I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me.

Someday I would love to write about Vincent van Gogh - his paintings and letters continue to inspire me very much. But it remains hard to find the time and inner rest to write.

I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.

Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons.

Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.