Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.

Hospitality is simply love on the loose.

To be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic voice of God.

Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.

Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe.

Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside.

Oppressors do not get to be oppressors in a single sweep. They manage it because little by little, we make them that. We overlook too much in the beginning and wonder why we lost control in the end.