Hilde Van

“Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and asked us to run out to the assembly grounds and see the wonderful sunset. Standing outside we saw sinister clouds glowing in the west and the whole sky alive with clouds of ever-changing shapes and colors, from steel blue to blood red. The desolate grey mud huts provided a sharp contrast, while the puddles on the muddy ground reflected the glowing sky. Then, after minutes of moving silence, one prisoner said to another, "How beautiful the world could be...”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on for ever.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

“Ik wou bereiken dat jullie je ervoor schamen dat jullie van buitenlandse oorlogen, mode, kletspraatjes, literatuur en kunst meer afweten dan van de lente die vlak buiten jullie steden haar ontembare groei ontplooit, of dan van de rivier die onder jullie bruggen voort stroomt, en van de bossen en die heerlijke weiden waardoor jullie spoorrails lopen. Ik wou jullie vertellen welke gouden ketens van onvergetelijke genietingen ik, een eenzaam en zwaartillend man, in deze wereld had gevonden, en ik wou dat jullie, die wellicht gelukkiger en blijder bent dan ik, met nog grotere vreugden deze wereld zoudt ontdekken.”
― Herman Hesse