If we knew how to listen to God, we would hear him speaking to us. For God does speak. He speaks in his Gospels. He also speaks through life — that new gospel to which we ourselves add a page each day.
Michel QuoistUnless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.
Michel QuoistAll too often modern man becomes the plaything of his circumstances because he no longer has any leisure time; he doesn't know how to provide himself with the leisure he needs to stop to take a good look at himself.
Michel Quoist