“In order for us to begin something we have to start.”

“Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.”

“But I know that in order to get to the end of a thing, one must start at the beginning.”

“The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance … something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the big surprises await us where we have learned to be surprised by nothing, that is, where we are not shocked by ruptures in the order.”

“He realized with a start that something was about to begin. It might be something dull and uninspiring, something he had experienced countless times before, something that wouldn't make a lick of difference when he died. But it was always good to have something about to begin.”

“I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves”