“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.”

“The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates.”

“Sometimes, insatiable curiosity and compassion are all that life requires of us.”

“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.”

“If spectacle is lacking in everyday life, it may be because we have forgotten where and how to look.”

“One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He lasted about one act, then turned to me in horror: 'This is how you spend your d...”

“The liberal arts do not conduct the soul all the way to virtue, but merely set it going in that direction.”