We mostly spend those lives conjugating three verbs: to Want, to Have, and to Do.

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.

If no one has boundaries…how can there be any transgression?

Each individual is born into life as a creation from the source, and as an inhabitant and visitor to this planet.

The best criticism, and it is uncommon, is of this sort that dissolves considerations of content into those of form.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

My dad designed houses and was an architect for many years.

Time is but a thought, a means of measurement, not a reality.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Because it's me playing the character, trying to find a way to make it believable and entertaining and interesting.

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.