"Without solitude it is virtually impossible to have a spiritual life." – Henri Nouwen

"The spiritual life has to do with how God relates to us and how we relate to God. Prayer is the essential expression of that relationship." – Marjorie Thompson

"In informational reading we seek to grasp the control, to master the text. In transformational reading, the intent is to allow the text to master you." – Robert Mulholland

"We are not human beings trying to become spiritual; we are spiritual beings trying to become human." – Teilhard de Chardin

"(One) never attains to true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself." – John Calvin

"Finding God in all things in order that we might love and serve God in all." – St. Ignatius of Loyola

"Mission cannot be discerned without formation, nor can mission be sustained without an ongoing commitment to transformation in Christ's presence." – Ruth Haley Barton