“The acute experience of great beauty readily evokes a nameless yearning for something more than earth can offer. Elegant splendor reawakens our spirit’s aching need for the infinite, a hunger for more than matter can provide.”
― The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet
― The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet
“we then must ask: Who are the brothers and sisters? Are they the people in this block or rural area? Or are they everyone in this city . . . or this state . . . or this nation? Or in our global village, would our neighbors include the third and fourth worlds as well as the first and second? If one answers yes to this last question, how could he possibly get norms for poverty when there are such vast differences among the four worlds?”
― Happy are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom
― Happy are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom
“You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.” —Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in physics”
― The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet
― The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet
“Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good thief's salvation.”
― Seeking Spiritual Direction: How to Grow the Divine Life Within
― Seeking Spiritual Direction: How to Grow the Divine Life Within
“The one who knows much about anything knows far better than the uneducated how much he does not know about it.”
― Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within
― Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within
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