poets are born knowing the language of angels

Sometimes when we have to speak suddenly we come closer to the truth than when we have time to think.

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

Nothing important is completely explicable.

We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are.

Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.

Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.