"Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how."

"By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet."

"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul."

"We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us."

"When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important."

"I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution."

"The greatest journey starts when the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?"