All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty; for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.

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.

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.

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.

Decision and choices define life.

College isn't half as much fun as they told us it was going to be.""It's not one-hundredth as much fun.

I haven't got any friends from where I grew up, but that's not to do with fame.

We can only learn so much about our minds, because we are using our minds to do so.

No Christian is abandoned at the moment of death. The angels are the ushers, and our passage to heaven is under their escort.

The danger lies in unconventional experiments signaling for a general license to do as they please, and pass off sloppy workmanship as creative intention.

You can't live wrong and pray right.

It was clearly one of those mornings when I was particularly American.

... the notions category and functor were not formulated or put in print until the idea of a natural transformation was also at hand.

I don't use deodorant. If you drink enough water, you shouldn't have to. I think I smell pretty good without it.