“If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence...? You'd be bored to tears in heaven, if you're not ecstatic about God now! ”
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“Nu am vroi să avem aerul că predicăm cumințenia, acea cumințenie nătângă, dincoace și dincolo de care nu este nimic. Dar nu se poate admite că inteligența și neliniștea omului tânăr de azi să fie numai prilej de scepticism și deznădejde, iar nu și de creație. E prea mult îndemn la lucru, în împrejurările culturale pe care le trăim, pentru a nu simți, sau pentru a nu face pe alții să simtă, că avem cu toții o oarecare misiune de îndeplinit.”
― Eseuri de duminică
― Eseuri de duminică
“From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.”
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“...sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself...”
― Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
― Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
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