People are more than just the way they look.

There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life

When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony, or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for us, that work is a work of Christian art. But to look at a work of art and then to make a judgment as to whether or not it is art, and whether or not it is Christian, is presumptuous. It is something we cannot know in any conclusive way. We can know only if it speaks within our own hearts, and leads us to living more deeply with Christ in God.

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

The creative impulse can be killed, but it cannot be taught. What a teacher can do... in working with children, is to give the flame enough oxygen so that it can burn. As far as I'm concerned, this providing of oxygen is one of the noblest of all vocations.

Sometimes when we aren't looking, the holiness comes breaking through like a rainbow.

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