Godly enthusiasm is not a fire of our own kindling...If a man, however, has caught fire, let me not quench the Spirit by dampening the ardor of his pure devotion. Enthusiasm is not contrary to reason; it is reason - on fire.

The resurrection never becomes a fact of experience until the risen Lord lives in the heart of the believer.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species and upsets the balance of nature. The consumer ethic not only defiles the environment by creating undesirable change in the biosphere but also corrupts the mind and body by defining pleasure in terms of ownership and absorption. Waste itself is a human concept; everything in nature is eventually used. If human beings carry on in their present ways, they will one day be recycled along with the dinosaurs.

The aim is not therefore to liberate some 'essential self' by throwing off the burden of government and the State, but to develop the self in creative and voluntary relations with others.

The use of the right word, the exact word, is the difference between a pencil with a sharp point and a thick crayon.

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.