"The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people." Chap. 1 p. 1

"Joy is the keynote of all Disciplines." Chap. 1 p. 2

"Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself." Chap. 1 p. 11

"Of all the Spiritual Disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father." Chap. 3 p. 33

"Now is the time for all who hear the voice of Christ to obey it." Chap. 4 p. 61

"The purpose of the Spiritual Disciplines is the total transformation of a person." Chap. 5 p. 62

"God made man simple; man's complex problems are of his own devising." Chap. 6 p. 79

"May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so is to live in simplicity...