The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is new attentiveness to ….

Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God..

Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will c….

We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer..

Go another step. Try to live one entire day without words at all. Do it not as a law, but as an experiment. Note your feelings of helplessness and ex….

We have real difficulty here because everyone thinks of changing the world, but where, oh where, are those who think of changing themselves? People m….

Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied..

In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience..

It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment..

It is an occupational hazard of devout folk to become stuffy bores. This should not be. Of all people, we should be the most free, alive, interesting..

Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit, simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justificat ion.

Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great mass….

In the chapter on study we considered the importance of observing ourselves to see how often our speech is a frantic attempt to explain and justify o….

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship..

Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere of our….

Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity..

..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God..

Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. Its just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am….

The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and sho….

One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control….

The message from all quarters is the same: our undisciplined consumption must end. If we continue to gobble up our resources without any regard to st….