Julio

“This Beloved of ours is merciful and good. Besides, he so deeply longs for our love that he keeps calling us to come closer. This voice of his is so sweet that the poor soul falls apart in the face of her own inability to instantly do whatever he asks of her. And so you can see, hearing him hurts much more than not being able to hear him… For now, his voice reaches us through words spoken by good people, through listening to spiritual talks, and reading sacred literature. God calls to us in countless little ways all the time. Through illnesses and suffering and through sorrow he calls to us. Through a truth glimpsed fleetingly in a state of prayer he calls to us. No matter how halfhearted such insights may be, God rejoices whenever we learn what he is trying to teach us.”
― Santa Teresa de Jesús, Interior Castle

“So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt, as I understand the subject; difficulty and doubt are incommensurate.”
― John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua

“The world's thy ship and not thy home.”
― Saint Therese of Lisieux