Richard Rohr

"A mystic is one who has moved from mere belief systems or belonging systems to actual inner experience."

Henry David Thoreau

"It is not enough to be busy.  So are the ants.  The question is: What are we busy about?"

Richard Rohr

"You cannot really be present to the naked now except with some degree of non-dualistic, non-polarity seeing and thinking.  Otherwise, you just write commentaries on everything, for or against."

Richard Rohr

"Divine revelation is not God disclosing ideas about God, but actually disclosing Himself.  Scripture and religion itself then become not mere doctrines or moralisms for me, but lovemaking, an actual exchange of being and intimacy."

Rod MCKuen

"If we ourselves to know,
  We should get to know the sea."

Pat DeWitt Thomas

"Like Martha we all tend to be so busy and so distracted trying to provide hospitality to God and therefore show how much we love Him.  It was Mary who simply sat in His Presence and loved Him, and made a home for Him in her heart."

Paul Tillich

"The new can bear fruit only when it grows from the seeds implanted in tradition"

Albert Einstein

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.  We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."

Peter Marshall

"Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for; because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."