Paul Gibson

“Love is not something you do; love is someone you are. It is your True Self.8 Love is where you came from and love is where you’re going. It’s not something you can buy. It’s not something you can attain. It is the presence of God within you, called the Holy Spirit—or what some theologians name uncreated grace.”
― Richard Rohr, The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation

“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works

“What matters with respect to forgiveness is not how I feel about the person who has wronged me, but how I measure and temper my interpersonal response to that wrong.”
― Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account

“And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works