The story of Adam and Eve, is the story of you and me. We’re those same image bearers trying to consume what can only be cultivated, automatically imitating our first parents, repeating their same mistakes.

Unless we grasp the truth that it is both a labor of love and a spiritual discipline, we are likely to neglect study. We should therefore support one another in regularly setting aside time for reading... -The Rule of the Society of St. John the Evangelist

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. – John Steinbeck

Jesus was a totally other-centered person, self-sharing without limit.

Disciplines are not the answer; they only lead us to the Answer. – Richard Foster

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us get up and go to work. – Stephen King

We don’t measure humility by adding up our short-comings or advertising our sins. No. It’s not sin that humbles, wrote Andrew Murray, but grace.

When the grace of God comes to a man, then he is made mighty and strong to do everything that belongs to virtue. – Thomas à Kempis

Challenge every single sentence; challenge it for lucidity, accuracy, originality, and cadence. If it doesn’t meet the challenge, work on it until it does. – Tom Robbins

It is holiness we hunger for in ourselves and in each other. It's the summit of inner transformation, our human telos.

Our holy father Gregory the Theologian was asked: "How are the Son and the Holy Spirit equal to the Father?" He replied: "The Divinity is a single fusion of light as in three suns adjacent to each other."

To begin, begin. – William Wordsworth

Creation is birthed from God’s original desire for Incarnation.

God does not hurry over things; time is his, not mine. And I, little creature, a man, have been called to be transformed into God by sharing his life. And what transforms me is the charity which he pours into my heart. —Carlo Carretto

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. – Elmore Leonard

Just as an apprentice becomes an artisan, we too can become like Christ. We too can grow in a deeply intimate relationship of becoming, one in which we mature into a highly skilled artisan, drawing out of our human life, the infinite riches of divine life.

True solitude is found in wild places, where one is without human obligation. – Wendell Berry

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. – Toni Morrison

Excellence in diction is the most important characteristic in fine writing. – Sol Stein

The more the vices grow around our desires, the more divided our lives become.