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

"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

"If you don't come apart for awhile, you will come apart after awhile." – Dallas Willard

"(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

"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

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