Spontaneities offer one kind of pleasure and taste of sanctity, repetitions another equally pleasurable and holy.

Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream.

I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.

We learn the language of prayer by immersing ourselves in the language that God uses to reveal Himself to us.

Apart from childhood and crisis, prayers have a way of being abstracted from the homely and distinctive details that are part and parcel of our ordinary and daily life.

God uses language to create and command us.

Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence.

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.

When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow – yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'""That's great, " Lana said."Invincible. I can't be vinced.""That's not even a word, " Lana said."Go ahead: try to vince me, " Sanjit said.

I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of our species.

This club is for members only. But once you join, membership lasts for an eternity.

Music does not need a visa to enter your heart.

like a kid kicked out of class. humiliated and free.

It's very difficult to resort to hating [Pablo Escobar] when all he gave you his entire life was love and all the best he ever had.

Do what you dream of doing and never lose sight of that

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with a guitar and that was a thrill!