Grace has as much to say about endings as it does about beginnings.

Desire, if it is to be trusted, is to be inspired by a holy vocabulary.

The phrases of the Lord's Prayer, "are words we pray, not always because we believe them, but because we WANT to believe them.

Sometimes God seems to be killing us when He is actually saving us.

We prefer the not wanting and not having to the losing.

Only he who cries out for the persecuted Jews can sing Gregorian chants. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

How do you fill the space between, "God says it, " and, "I believe it, "?

The Christian story, centered as it is on the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, is the only story for making sense of desire and loss.

The Bible provocatively evokes desire.

Blessing and obedience do comfortably and mysteriously coexist.

Holy desire can be learned. All prayer is part work and part rest.

A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public

Without eliminating the fog in your mind, you won’t be able to see clearly! And how can you eliminate this fog? How can you liberate your mind? Just open your mind to the winds of all ideas!

If you don learn from others then others will learn from you.

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.

Thy plain and open nature sees mankind But in appearance, not what they are.

Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree.

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.

The experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless.

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

Discernment is a power of the understanding in which few excel. Is not that owing to its connection with impartiality and truth? for are not prejudice and partiality blind?