After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.

For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.

Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed.

This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.

My growth depends on my walls coming down.

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day.

Grace is God himself, his loving energy at work within his church and within our souls.

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

The heart of service is grace of belonging.

I'm in love with writing, but sometimes I swear it hates me.

I sort of figured we'd be dating. It makes things like sharing a room a little easier.

The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts.

No matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person.

Postpartum depression is very, very common but a lot of people just don't recognize that they have it. A lot of physicians also don't ask (patients) about it, so it's a problem from both sides.

Trauma never goes away completely, it changes perhaps, softens some with time, but never completely goes away.

We do not measure a culture by its output of undisguised trivialities but by what it claims as significant.

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.