Even if times got bad he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams.

Why do you pray he asked me after a moment. Why did I pray A strange question. Why did I live Why did I breatheI dont know why I said even more disturbed and ill at ease. I dont know why.After that day I saw him often. He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer. Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks Him he was fond of repeating. That is the true dialogue. Man questions God and God answers. But we dont understand His answers. We cant understand them. Because they come from the depths of the soul and they stay there until death. You will find the true answers Eliezer only within yourself And why do you pray Moshe I asked him. I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.

The taste one gets of death in dreams I find more penetrating and atmospheric than the ordinary fear one might suffer while awake.

A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many religions and sectsbut hell never find God that way. God is here right now at our side. We can see Him in this mist in the ground were walking on even in my shoes. His angels keep watch while we sleep and help us in our work. In order to find God you have only to look around. But meeting Him is not easy. The more God asks us to participate in Hismysteries the more disoriented we become because He asks us constantly tofollow our dreams and our hearts. And thats difficult to do when were used to living in a different way. Finally we discover to our surprise that God wants us to be happy because He is the father.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them the more likely they were to crack.

My dreams had to be His dreams the ones He placed in my heart. They couldnt be the ones I thought I should have or needed for the purpose of making other people like me.

Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker.

I had a dream about you. We were in a band. I was the lead singer guitar player saxophonist harpist violinist bassist cellist harmonica player pianist and drummer. Oh and I played the trumpet. And you you had the important roleyou played air guitar. I feel this dream accurately reflects me as an unselfish person willing to stand in the shade so someone else might enjoy the spotlight and get all the glory.

To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream not only plan but also believe.From an introductory speech at a session of the Acadmie Franaise December 24 1896

Dont pray that God would teach you how to love like He loves pray that He would fill you with Himself and that He would love in and through you. Dont pray that He would teach you to have joy pray that the living God full of joy would enter into you. Dont pray that He would teach you how to be peaceful ask for the God of peace the Prince of peace to infill you. Because if you try to imitate in your own strength you will be a miserable replica. But if you allow the impartation of Jesus Christ to overtake you suddenly it all works because it is Him imitating Himself and He is very good at being God.