Until we can sense a sacred quality in time we will not begin to have a fuller understanding of it.

Years ago I heard the Indian Jesuit Raimundo Panikkar say: Expect Nothing.

I'm afraid my glass is no longer half full because I drank most of it.

To insist that I am not forgiven is a kind of inverse arrogance.

We all have the right to be wrong and be loved just the same.

Ideals are great as long as they don't get in the way of what we want to do.

I feel that the only true security I have is my capacity, however limited, to love.

I think that an act of love is immortal; once tendered, it can never really be taken back.

If there were no nobodies, The somebodies would not have anybody, To convince that they were somebody, Except some other somebody, Who would not be convinced anyway.

Before I can accept someone's help, I must accept their presence.

The man who says that he does not deserve his wife is probably right, but not for the reasons he thinks.

When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.

The truth about life and lie about life is not measured by others but by your intuition, which never lies.

True creativity is inherently destructive, and truly creative individuals always, without exception, seek to destroy the mediums they work within.

Once you've fixed the small things that consume your emotional and mental energy, you may be surprised to find you suddenly have time for the things you enjoy

Out of the night that covers me Black as the Pit from pole to pole I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.

Apathy is grossly undervalued and never there for me when I need it.

We know we are sinners, it does not follow that we are saved.

The China game was the best because it took the effort of everyone on the team to survive 120 minutes.

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls.

But darling, I wish you well On your way to the wishing well