In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it

a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.

Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.

Christian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a way of contemplation, and real contemplation is the core of social action.

Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God.

The world is evil only when you become its slave.

People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now.

Everything we do for God will be the overflow of intimacy with God.

Life must be live daringly.

When I wake I ask myself, how much longer before they will just let me die?" - Tier, Clutch

I personally can't handle frivolous violence. I overreact to it.

I think it's important to find a line that suits your body, your body type, that you're comfortable in.

I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.

Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter to me.

I know for a fact that sickness is easier, but health is more interesting.

If you're not turned on by politics, politics will turn on you.

Truth is scary. Truth has bad breath at times