Pope Francis insists that mercy is at the very top of the Christian hierarchy of great truths, and everything falls apart whenever mercy is displaced by anything else.

A mystic doesn’t say “I believe.” They say “I know.” A true mystic will ironically speak with that self-confidence but at the same time with a kind of humility. So when you see that combination of calm self-confidence, certitude, and humility all at the same time you have the basis for mysticism in general.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.

Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most different only at their most immature and merely physical levels.

You surrender to love; you do not accomplish love by willpower.

There is Someone dancing with you, and you are not afraid of making mistakes.