Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all — they are attempting nothing new. - Anthony de Mello

I lack the Lord's own gentleness of heart, for I see deliberate malice where he sees ignorance and weakness.

"Why is everyone here so happy except me?" "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master. "Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?" "Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."

A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?" The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God."