I have a morality. I don't know if it's the best morality. And I do like thinking. If people perceive that as a moral intellectualism, that's fine. That's up to them to decide.

I actually do not believe that there are any collisions between what I believe as a Christian, and what I know and have learned about as a scientist. I think there's a broad perception that that's the case, and that's what scares many scientists away from a serious consideration of faith.

Don't be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the noblest theorizings as compared with the definitive plenitude of the smallest fact grasped in its total, concrete reality.

We too must remain faithful to the 'yes' we have given to the Lord's offer of friendship. We know that he will never abandon us. We know that he will always sustain us through the gifts of the Spirit. Mary accepted the Lord's' proposal' in our name. So let us turn to her and ask her to guide us as we struggle to remain faithful to the life-giving relationship God has established with each one of us.

God's real desire, in addition to displaying His glory, is to claim your heart and the hearts of those you love.

Will you surrender your plans and purposes into the greater known of God's unknown designs for your life?

It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.

Belief, the mental acceptance of a fact as true, will simply not bring rest to any soul. Acknowledging that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Savior of the world will not give us rest. Trust in him is what gives rest to our souls.

God is predictably unpredictable.

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'