Unity without uniformity, community without conformity.

It is in descending in the humble silence of prayer that we are able to ascend to the greatest heights of true human fulfillment in union with God.

To forgive a friend, one must practice generosity. To forgive an enemy, one must practice empathy. To forgive yourself requires charity. Forgiveness is a sacred act of gallantry.

When we are courageous enough to begin exploring the ‘Why’s” and the ‘Who’s' of life, the ‘How’s’ and ‘What’s’ of life start to come into focus as well. "

The spiritual journey is an adventure of exploration that gradually starts to open up before us when we are ready to begin asking the questions, “Who am I? and “Who are you?

All that we have and don't have is a grace. Even the awareness of grace is a grace in which we should give thanks."

The more you rely on intellectual and philosophical concepts of God, the more difficult it becomes to simply experience and enjoy the wonder of God.

It's true about the running water. You can hear anything you want to in it.

We can, after all, learn much from lessons we did not sign up for.

See the child. He is pale and thin, he wears a thin and ragged linen shirt. He stokes the scullery fire.

I read, I gossip, I do crosswords. I think chatting with friends is relaxing. I've picked them up all through my life - if you live long enough, you end up with quite a large circle.

3 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.

The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a deep impression.

Directing is about as visual as I get and I will leave artmaking to the rest of the family.

Today, criminal justice functions and justifies itself only by this perpetual reference to something other than itself, by this unceasing reinscription in non-juridical systems.

I like to take out the recycling because I actually feel like I'm doing something.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.