Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.
There are usually multiple messages that could be preached from the same text.
We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.
Absolute autonomy inevitably leads to tyranny.
The way you become divine is to become wholly human.
Dive on them and squash them if you must.
I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.
I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.
The American dream is under assault.
I'm amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.
Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.
The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .
If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them.
If you live for fame, men may turn against you.
Go straight for souls, and go for the worst.
The greatness of the man's power is the measure of his surrender.
Error is discipline through which we advance.
No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
