“Unused creativity is not benign — it metastasizes. It turns into grief, rage, judgement, sorrow, shame. We are creative beings. We are by nature creative.”

—Brené Brown

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”

—C.S. Lewis

“Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, falling in love in a quite absolute final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.”

— Fr. Pedro Arrupe S.J.

“One of the most important self-examinations we can do is to name our sources of power, for we are most at risk of ethical misconduct if we minimize or ignore our power.”

—Richard Gula

“Spirituality is not an escape from reality, but an absolute commitment to it.”

—Peter Scazzero