Timothy Radcliffe

“We are to be people who listen before we speak.”

“In a world of noise, silence is a radical act.”

“Hope is not the same as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”

“The Church is not a club for the perfect. It is a hospital for sinners.”

“To be free is to be able to give oneself away in love.”

“Our words have the power to create and to destroy.”

“We are not called to be successful, but to be faithful.”

“Friendship is an education in hope.”

“The mission of the Church is to be a sign of the Kingdom of God, a sign of hope in a world of despair.”

“The search for truth is a journey we make together.”

“A good argument is a form of hospitality.”

“The resurrection is not a happy ending to a sad story. It is the beginning of a new creation.”

“The imagination is the faculty of hope.”

“Forgiveness is the release of the past, so that we can embrace the future.”

“The gospel is not a set of rules, but an invitation to a relationship.”

“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.”

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”

“To be a Christian is to be a bearer of the good news of the loving kindness of God.”

“What does it mean to be human? It is to be a creature of desire.”

“A community is a place where we are given to each other.”