For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.

is a process of inner transformation, a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One's way of seeing reality changes in the process. A restructuring of consciousness takes place which empowers one to perceive, relate and respond with increasing sensitivity to the divine presence in, through, and beyond everything that exists.

The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at a moment's notice - that's true human freedom.

Becoming fully rational is not enough anymore; evidently it can lead to distortions of all the great human possibilities.

Psychotherapy is what God has been secretly doing for centuries by other names; that is, he searches through our personal history and heals what needs to be healed - the wounds of childhood or our own self-inflicted wounds.

Silence is God's language, and it's a very difficult language to learn.