In many areas of understanding, none so much as in our understanding of God, we bump up against a simplicity so profound that we must assign complexities to it to comprehend it at all. It is mindful of how we paste decals to a sliding glass door to keep from bumping our nose against it.

What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion.

I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.

Do not mistake probability for truth, for it is a notorious liar.

For some it is love undeniably. For others it is making it work, never actually knowing what it is.

The little money I have - that is my wealth, but the things I have for which I would not take money, that is my treasure.

Act always from a sense of common humanity, and let God judge if it be charity.