Each conquest of distance reveals greater distance.

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

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

If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions.

Not only do we cheat ourselves and those around us if we are only glum or always wary when it comes time to respond to divine stirrings. No, we are then also being simply unfaithful to the surrounding reality. The one who purges gloom has given occasions and reasons, in the midst of life's sadness, to be joyful.

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?

God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow.