“Clearly, it is a happier lot to be the slave of a man than of a lust:”
― The City of God against the Pagans
― The City of God against the Pagans
“True simplicity implies love and trust—it does not expect to be derided and rejected, any more than it expects to be admired and praised.”
― Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation
― Thomas Merton - Spiritual Direction and Meditation
“In the, Dei Verbum, there is a great statement of Vatican II: The bible is the word of god but in the words of men.”
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“Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.”
― City of God
― City of God
“No language about God will ever be fully adequate to the burning mystery which it signifies.”
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