We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things that are not seen are eternal.

The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.

... nothing loved is ever lost or perished.

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

I love, therefore I am vulnerable.

Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.

I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter.