I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

There are men I could spend eternity with. But not this life.

The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.

For grace to be grace, it must give us things we didn't know we needed and take us places where we didn't know we didn't want to go. As we stumble through the crazily altered landscape of our lives, we find that God is enjoying our attention as never before.

Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours.

Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.