It is only through the holes in our soul that we break out and God breaks through.

Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be with someone we don't love. Besides that, we invariably feel bored with ourselves, and all of our loneliness comes to the surface.We won't have the courage to go into that terrifying place without Love to protect us and lead us, without the light and love of God overriding our own self-doubt. Such silence is the most spacious and empowering technique in the world, yet it's not a technique at all. It's precisely the refusal of all technique.

You cannot heal what you cannot acknowledge.

One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action.

Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God

Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.