Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.

Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.

The truth is that you can only come to know God when you give up the past and the future in your mind and merge totally into the now, because God is always here now.

We're all so busy. We race and race. Life is a sprint. We want to get 'there' so badly. But I wonder if we even know what to do when we actually get 'there'.

Emptiness where you wouldn't expect it speaks to you.

It's in those private times that we are refreshed, strengthened, and rejuvenated. It's then we can see our lives from God's perspective and discover what is really important. That's where we understand who it is we belong to and believe in.

Some people have a God because they need faith, and that's fair enough.

Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.

It is the same way with dating. The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose.

Everyone ends up moving alone towards the self

The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.

Regardless of what crisis or complexity may be threatening to engulf your life, God is at work. You may not see it, but you need to know it's true. And He's not just doing one or two or a few things in that situation. He is doing a thousand or more things.