“I pray like a robber asking alms at the door of a farmhouse to which he is ready to set fire.”

“Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering, in order that they may have existence.”

“The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.”

“Every man who begets a free act projects his personality into the infinite. If he gives a poor man a penny grudgingly, that penny pierces the poor man’s hand, falls, pierces the earth, bores holes ...”

“Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance”

“My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.”

“Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon as you turn away from it, God ceases to be a reality in your life, a...”