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Revelation is an extended dialogue between two infinitely unequal partners who interact through descent and ascent: God descends to man so that man can ascend to Him. God pursues man so that man might seek God and be lifted up to enter into
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“Well, I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. All democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death.”
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“Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which it soars to the truth.”
― Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
― Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
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