“Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.”

“‎"Nothing is more helpful to reduce pride than the actual experience of self-knowledge. If we are discouraged by it, we have misunderstood its meaning.”

“God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.”

“For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.”

“We can learn to pay attention, concentrate, devote ourselves to authors. We can slow down so we can hear the voice of texts, feel the movement of sentences, experience the pleasure of words--and own passages that speak to us. (p. 41)”

“If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.”

“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.”