“Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.”

“Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.”

“Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don't realize it.”

“Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.”

“Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer … Laughter is swallowed up in prayer and humour is fulfilled by faith.”

“Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.”

“There's a fine edge to new grief, it severs nerves, disconnects reality--there's mercy in a sharp blade. Only with time, as the edge wears, does the real ache begin.”

“At the top of the ladder is awareness, or pure experience - the edge of yourself, and possibly the beginning of God.”

“God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.”

“To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.”