We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words.

Solitude, community, and ministry are certainly not just for celibates! Celibates also have a hard time keeping up.

[Praying] demands that you take to the road again and again, leaving your house and looking forward to a new land for yourself and your [fellow human]. This is why praying demands poverty, that is, the readiness to live a life in which you have nothing to lose so that you always begin afresh.

By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.

There are areas I have to work on. I had some questions and some struggles, but it was an enormously important time for me.

Community life is not easy for somebody like me, who is used to living by himself and doing what he wants. It's a demanding life, and you quickly get in touch with your own handicaps and weaknesses.