“Inner stillness is the key to outer strength.”

“Strength is gathered on the journey, not granted at the outset.”

“What good is faith if it causes pain for another? What good is religion if it does no good? What good is any belief that leads to hate?”

“Shalom is the medicine Id prescribe for Jerusalema deep, God-breathed indwelling of peace and prosperity and blessing. An end to the unrest and a sense of wholeness is what the Holy City needs. Its...”

“Prayer is meant to happen everywhere. After all, Daniel prayed in the lions den. Jonah prayed in a fishs stomach. Elijah prayed in the desert. And Jesus prayed on the cross.”

“Somewhere, somehow, at some unknown intersection between prayer and work, God indwells our humble offeringGod indwells usand turns human actions into spiritual awakenings.”

“Enlightenment arrives like a thief in the middle of the dark night of the soul.”

“One thing is certain, whatever choices we make: we will not miss out on some critical purgation by seeking treatment for depression or any other form of physical suffering. If we are ripe for what ...”

“You don't need to retire to a cloister or the desert for years on end to experience a true dark night; you don't even have to be pursuing any particular "spiritual" path. Raising a challenged child...”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce that it is not genteel comedy even that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundes...”

“Let us love. Let our lives be a perpetual song of love for God, first of all, and for all human beings who suffer, love, and mourn. Let deep joy live in us. Let us be like the lark, enemy of the ni...”

“Inspirational quotes are only making you more miserable.”

“It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary”

“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”