“… this is the koan of holiness: the more your bare hands wash the dust off the feet of the desert walker, the cleaner they are. the more you stand and shout for peace in the square, the deeper your restful silence becomes. the more you feed the poor and house the homeless, the better fed and housed your soul will be. there is one inescapable existential reality: to be holy we must do the deeds of holiness. …”

— an anonymous informant