“That word is 'willing.' It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. It's like a palm tree by the ocean that endures the greatest winds because it knows how to gracefully bend. ”

“True freedom is the gift of the Spirit, the result of grace: but, precisely because it is freedom FOR as well as freedom FROM, it isn't simply a matter of being forced now to be good, against our wills and without our cooperation, but a matter of being released from slavery precisely into responsibility, into being able at last to choose, to exercise moral muscle, knowing both that one is doing it oneself and that the Spirit is at work within, that God himself is doing that which I too am doing.”

“Have you noticed how every tree is different here? All twisted by the wind and snow, but if that was all, they should have been twisted in the same way. It's as though every tree has made up its own mind exactly how it wants to grow.”

“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.”

“The greatest rivers always find their way to the ocean. Like a ship reaching out to its motherland.”

“It's not about what you're capable of, it's about what you are willing to endure.”