Prayer if it is real is an acknowledgment of our finitude, our need, our openness to be changed, our readiness to be surprised, yes, astonished by the "beams of love."

Hate is a prolonged form of suicide.

In intercessory prayer, one seldom ends where one began.

No one ever did anything worth doing unless they were prepared to go on with it long after it became something of a bore.

Work without contemplation is never enough.

No one ever did anything worth doing unless he was prepared to go on with it long after it became something of a bore.

Leaders create and maintain good interpersonal relationships with people they meet and work with. People who lead better relate better.

Be careful of who you seek advice from, because devil will never show a person the path to Heaven.

When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.

Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!

Watch that boy. He's going to startle somebody someday.

Why make plans? The sun might well go out tomorrow.

With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.

The drunken man is a living corpse.

When I look back, I was so mean to myself, and I was so uncomfortable in my own skin. I still feel that very loudly sometimes, but to try and really nurture that sense that you are your own friend.

I'm on my knees begging, please come and save me.