Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable mixture of good and evil, the true and false, the creative and destructive forces-both individual and social.

Spirit is the presence of what concerns us ultimately, the ground of our being and meaning.

There is no love which does not become help.

Faith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.

Grace strikes us when we are in great pain ....Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying, 'You are accepted.'