“Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance or impressing the other, or if you are trying to decide what you are going to… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
“When I write that my own situation in those months of pain and decision can be described as prayer, I do not only recall… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
“Thus the vocation of the baptized person is a simple thing: it is to live from day to day, whatever the day brings, in… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance,… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint, because it usually meant… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
The Fall is where the nation is. The Fall is the locus of America. — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
“Hence the vocation of the Church of Christ in the world, in political conflict and social strife, is inherently eschatological. The Church is the… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
Perhaps the moral ambiguity of money is most plainly evidenced in the popular belief that money itself has value and that the worth of… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
Biocides, for example, are designed to kill bacteria—it's not a benign material. — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
Being holy . . . does not mean being perfect but being whole; it does not mean being exceptionally religious or being religious at… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
“The separation of religion from the practical affairs of society is a convenient doctrine for those who fear that social change would threaten of… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
“Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
The practice of the Christian life consists of the discernment of (the seeing and hearing), and the reliance upon (the reckless and uncalculating dependence),… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
The biblical lifestyle is always a witness of resistance to the status quo in politics, economics, and all society. It is a witness of… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
The characteristic place to find Christians is among their enemies. The first place to look for Christ is in Hell. — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
