The word "emptiness" for example, is a very important word both in Christianity and in Buddhism. It has shades of meaning however, that are different in the respective traditions.

We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.

The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.

God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.

God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.

For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.

If one completes the journey to one's own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.

Perhaps the shortest and most powerful prayer in human language is help.

The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at a moment's notice - that's true human freedom.

You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin ... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures.

What I really wanted was to fall in love with God. It's amazing what obstacles there are within us, or at least in me, that seem to slow this process.

I used to sleep the sleep of someone who knew she was loved. Now, I didn't.

Then again, I had become a disappointment. It’s easier to find fault with a disappointment.

Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.

Come to Jesus. Come to Jesus.

The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

What a Lover sees in the Beloved is the projected shadow of his own potential beauty in the eyes of God.

I don't like anything about Drake.

A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great.

Nigerian nun Bernadette Duru says the African church hierarchy is indifferent to people in rural areas.

It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love.