The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

the overall theme of theology can be twofold: the search for meaning and the responsibility one has to the others.

If you do believe in God, and your first instinct in all things must be gratitude: for creation, or love, for mercy.

knowledge depends on the mode of the knower; for what is known is in the knower according to the measure of his mode

You have the chief spark of your health's fire, for you have true knowledge of the hand that guides the universe.

The English experience suggested that nobody really doubted the existence of God until theologians tried to prove it.

It's no fun to think about infinity and no cinche to write about it. Again, it helps to look for some human link.

I wanted that future officer to weigh decisions with a supple mind and to be comfortable with nuance and uncertainty.

Theology, philosophy, metaphysics, and quantum physics are merely ways for God to have his smart people believe in him

It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.

He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.

Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

She knew that it was better to have a dream and pay a price for it than to be lukewarm. - regarding St. Teresa of Avila

Not bad, not bad at all," Diotallevi said. "To arrive at the truth through the painstaking reconstruction of a false text.

Immortal beings have been compared to stars, these are existences that linger on long after the death of the thing itself.