Jan. 21, 2022

desert words of others

The immense desert, empty as a bird's wing, inspired him with promise.

The desert shatters the soul's arrogance and leaves body and soul crying out in thirst and hunger. In the desert we trust God or die.     

What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body.

The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light.

A desert is a place without expectation.     

Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.

The desert is the theater of the human struggle of searching for God.     

The desert does not mean the absence of men, it means the presence of God.