“A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural ...”

“The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.”

“The great writings interact with one another. They cannot be read in isolation..”

“We are not trying to manipulate God and tell Him what to do. Rather, we are asking Him to tell us what to do.”

“Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.”

“Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation centered in Eastern religions. In reality, the two ideas sta...”

“As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.... ...”

“Every soul innately yearns for stillness, for a space, a garden where we can till, sow, reap, and rest, and by doing so come to a deeper sense of self and our place in the universe. Silence is not ...”

“We are the Masters of each moment.”