The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and shop, then we will not find Him at all.

Giving with glad and generous hearts has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need to know that they can give. Just the very act of letting go of money, or some other treasure, does something within us. It destroys the demon greed.

Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will consume as much of the world's resources as twenty children born in India. Deliberate and calculated waste is the central aspect of the American economy. We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.

The lust for affluence in contemporary society has become psychotic; it has completely lost touch with reality.

Let's discipline ourselves so that our words are few and full.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment.