For I did not know that the soul needs to be enlightened by light from outside itself, so that it can participate in truth, because it is not itself the nature of truth.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Family is not a career. It’s why you have a career. If you can’t be there for the big moments, then why are you doing it?

Pathology can indeed cause experiences of the Kingdom of God, but not all God experiences are caused by pathology.

To have a deeper understanding of life one must pause from looking outward and travel inward into the depths of consciousness.

I don't have a story, " I said. "I'm still waiting for one.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

That's something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings.

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave.

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.

The Internet is part of this ongoing, species-long project we've been working on since we climbed down out of the trees in the savanna. We've been working on it without really knowing it.