We possess nothing in the world - a mere chance can strip us of everything - except the power to say 'I.

On reaching a certain degree of pain we lose the world.

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.

Christians ought to suspect that affliction is the very essence of creation. To be a created thing is not necessarily to be afflicted, but it is necessarily to be exposed to affliction. ... Affliction is the surest sign that God wishes to be loved by us; it is the most precious evidence of His tenderness.

Beauty is a fruit which we look at without trying to seize it.

The feeding of those that are hungry is a form of contemplation.

Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.