God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self.

The problem today is that there are no deserts, only dude ranches.

How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?

The pleasure of a good act is something to be remembered - not in order to feed our complacency but in order to remind us that virtuous actions are not only possible and valuable, but that they can become easier and more delightful and more fruitful than the acts of vice which oppose and frustrate them.

And that is why the man who wants to see clearly, before he will believe, never starts on the journey.

Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.

We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full.