"We are well instructed only by the words that God speaks to us personally. What instructs us is what happens from moment to moment." - de Caussade
"I don't want to be a great leader, I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oilcan, that is my ideal in life." -
Baba Amte (personal hero, created a home for lepers, recently died at the age of 93)
"God has given the universe a musical arrangement. He has placed the dissonant elements under the discipline of harmony that the whole world may be a symphony in his ears. He has orchestrated this pure concert of the universe." - Clement of Alexandria
The central question of faith is not, "Do we believe in God?" but "Do we know how much God believes in us?
