Nothing in all nature is so lovely and so vigorous, so perfectly at home in its environment, as a fish in the sea. Its surroundings give to it a beau….

Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the ….

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, a….

The spiritual life of individuals has to be extended both vertically to God and horizontally to other souls; and the more it grows in both directions….

Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and soul. We do not "follow the footsteps of his most holy lif….

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament..

The Christian is the person who sees every time and every situation, however dreary and repetitive, as God sees it - a fresh creation from his hand, ….

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..

It seems so much easier in these days to live morally than to live beautifully. Lots of us manage to exist for years without ever sinning against soc….

God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not..

In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured aspec….

Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day..

Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and demands of a v….

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..

My growth depends on my walls coming down..

For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day..

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped..

But so many Christians are like deaf people at a concert. They study the programme carefully, believe every statement make in it, speak respectfully ….

We mostly spend [our] lives conjugating three verbs: to Want, to Have, and to Do... forgetting that none of these verbs have any ultimate significanc….

Many people feel unaware of any guidance, unable to discern or understand the signals of God; not because the signals are not given, but because the ….

Do not entertain the notion that you ought to advance in your prayer. If you do, you will only find you have put on the brake instead of the accelera….