Donald Cozzens > Quotes

“Kathleen Norris’ warning that “when we write from the center . . . when we write about what matters to us most, words will take us places we don’t want to go. You begin to see that you will have to say things you don’t want to say, that may even be dangerous to say, but are absolutely necessary.”2”
― Donald B. Cozzens, The Changing Face of the Priesthood: A Reflections on the Priest's Crisis of Soul: A Reflection on the Priest's Crisis of Soul

“If you can't let go of the power you possess, if you can't surrender it gracefully when it is time to do so, you will most likely abuse it.”
― Donald Cozzens, Notes from the Underground: The Spiritual Journal of a Secular Priest