“People will be surprised at the eagerness with which we went aboutpretending to rouse from its slumber a sexuality which every­thing-our discourses, our customs, our institutions, our regulations, our knowledges-was busy producing in the light of day and broadcasting to noisy accompaniment.”

“Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our days and fill our eyes with light.”

“Sexual difference is probably the issue in our time which could be our 'salvation' if we thought it through.”

“It's not the coffee that unfurls our minds and spirits, but the meaningful conversation that accompanies it.It's not the coffee that lifts our eyes and awakens our bodies, but the time we take to make it.And it's not the coffee that prepares us for the day, but the encouraging words from those we love.”

“Desire, desire which knows, we draw no advantage from our shadows except from some veritable sovereignties accompanied by invisible flames, invisible chains, which, coming to light, step after step, cause us to shine.”

“As Heinz Pagels has said,The challenge to our civilization which has come from our knowledge of the cosmic energies that fuels the stars, the movement of light and electrons through matter, the intricate molecular order which is the biological basis of life, must be met by the creation of a moral and political order which will accommodate these forces or we shall be destroyed. It will try our deepest resources of reason and compassion.”