If we had the power over the ends of the earth, it would not give us that fulfillment of existence which a quiet devoted relationship to nearby life can give us.

Real faith means holding ourselves open to the unconditional mystery which we encounter in every sphere of our life and which cannot be comprised in any formula. Real faith means the ability to endure life in the face of this mystery.

Meet the world with the fullness of your being, and you shall meet God. Of you wish to believe, love.

No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the dream into appearance. Every means is an obstacle. Only where all means have disintegrated encounters occur.

Let us, cautious in diction, And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully.

Everything is full of sacramental substance, everything. Each thing and each function is ever ready to light up into a sacrament.

When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world.