It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .
Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.
God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.
God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ.
Make converts to your own thoughts and opinions.
Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.