Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned not to trust.

Almost all the joyful things of life are outside the measure of IQ tests.

science never threatens God - it opens up more possibilities.

It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.

When we celebrate Christmas, we are celebrating that amazing time when the Word that shouted all the galaxies into being limited all power and, for love of us, came to us in the powerless body of a human baby.

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like.

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.