Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?

There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a result of a search; it can come when we least look for it, just as it denies itself when we pursue it too earnestly and with pathetic eagerness.

All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity

The forces, movements, and energies that today we call religious, spiritual, or faith-based have related through the ages in diverse ways to the spheres of life that today we call economic and that we see embodied in business and commerce.

Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations in order to earn your salvation." He looked around at nearly slumbering collections of utterly casual Christians and wondered, "Who's trying?

Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?

A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.