Christian obedience, by its very nature, has a heroic character.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.

Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.

It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.

Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

When I read a novel my imagination starts off at a gallop and leaves the narrator hidden in a cloud of dust I have to come jogging twenty miles back to the denouement.

The healthier people are, the more they are willing to admit to their limitations and so the more open they are to the possibility of improvement.

The train rolled right through dinner and over the sunset and around ten o'clock and into a nap and out the next day...

It was time for me to make my stand

Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.

Library: A place where the dead lie.

When you are kissing a guy with a beard, it's different.

I think you've all heard my story about my daughter and how we felt Children's Hospital saved her life when she was less than a year old. I won't go through all of the details of that.

Every Messiah fails, the moment he tries to redeem himself.

Being queen is overrated.