The heart outstrips the clumsy senses, and sees - perhaps for an instant, perhaps for long periods of bliss - an undistorted and more veritable world.

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.

Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed.

This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.

My growth depends on my walls coming down.

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day.

A good education must expose knowledge gaps and increase the hunger for further inquiries.A good education is not complete.

Your past can hinder you from fulfilling your calling

(on the portrayal of women in literature) Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree

Even when I press against him his presence is too far away.

I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.

It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly

There is so much life underneath the water that we dont know about.

It is difficult to talk about what I do, because I do it so I don't have to talk about it.

For an omnipotent and omniscient being, God has made some really lousy earthly staffing decisions.

God improvises. Man systematizes.