Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.

God is helpless in our area of ignorance.

Is this the part where you say if I hurt her, you'll kill me?" "No" Simon said, "If you hurt Clary she's quite capable of killing you herself. Possibly with a variety of weapons.

Reflection on the infinite seems to call, almost by definition, for infinite reflection.

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.

The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made.

A lot of the really great stuff fell between the tracks.

Feminine power isn't something we go out and acquire; it's already within us. It's something we become willing to experience. Something to admit we have

People who are under certain stress have aquariums. Aquariums are classically either a reproduction of nature or a decorative element, like the ones you can see in big hotels.

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

I'm someone who has always been very stubborn and strong-willed. I never gave up.