The mind is like a lake lashed into waves. Make the water of the lake clear and calm.

There is no failure in the spiritual life, as long as we do not give up the fight.

The fulfillment of every desire only reveals its inadequacy.

The way upward from inertia to illumination passes through the sphere of action.

The breeze of God's grace is blowing continually. You have to set your sail to catch that breeze.

Live like Jesus, pray like Jesus, love like Jesus, serve like Jesus but don't hand yourself over to the enemy like Him.

It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.

We trust and rely on God at all times.

I had people telling me I was the best and when it would sink in, I'd feel like I'd have to push things further, otherwise I wasn't worthy of their praise.

All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.

Even if you only counted the votes that actually made it through the hoops in order to be cast, the president was really Al Gore.

I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

Housework hassles go on, are never resolved, and will probably extend into the afterlife ('Why am I the one who takes the clouds to the dry cleaners?').

We're just helping out the Christians by bringing about the apocalypse. They can all go to heaven

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.