Creation was given to people as a clean window through which the light of God could shine into people's souls. Sun and moon, night and day, rain, sea, the crops, the flowering tree, all these things were transparent. They spoke to people not of themselves but only of Him who made them. Nature was symbolic. But the progressive degradation of humans led them further and further from this truth. Nature became opaque.

Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. It was a lucky wind That blew away his halo with his cares, A lucky sea that drowned his reputation.

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.

Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand.

It is when we love the other, the enemy, that we obtain from God the key to an understanding of who He is, and who we are.

You cannot be a man of faith unless you know how to doubt.

True happiness is found in unselfish Love, A love which increases in proportion as it is shared.