Thomas Powell

“While the children of Babylon – by which I mean our wicked thoughts – are still young, we should dash them to the ground and crush them against the rock, which is Christ (cf. Ps. 137 : 9; 1 Cor. 10 : 4).”
― Kallistos Ware, The Philokalia Vol 1

“The Christian conception of sacrifice is not concerned with the suffering involved qua suffering, it is not primarily concerned with the toil and the worry and with the difficulty, but with salvation, with the fullness of being, and thus ultimately with the fullness of happiness: “The end and the norm of discipline is happiness.”
― Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture

“Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!”
― Anonymous, ESV Reader's Bible

“Living in golden calf country as we do, it is both easy and attractive to become a successful pastor like Aaron.”
― Eugene H. Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness