Would you become a pilgrim on the road of Love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes. Ansari of Herat
“The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance, and goodwill can cause as much damage as ill-will if it is not enlightened. People are more often good than bad, though in fact that is not the question. But they are more or less ignorant and this is what one calls vice or virtue, the most appalling vice being the ignorance that thinks it knows everything and which consequently authorizes itself to kill. The murderer's soul is blind, and there is no true goodness or fine love without the greatest possible degree of clear-sightedness.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
― 10 Reasons Why the Rapture Must be Left Behind
― 10 Reasons Why the Rapture Must be Left Behind
“The point is this: If God does not exist, then life is objectively meaningless; but man cannot live consistently and happily knowing that life is meaningless; so in order to be happy he pretends life has meaning. But this is, of course, entirely inconsistent—for without God, man and the universe are without any real significance.”
― On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision
― On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision
“We break bread with the hungry[78] and share our home with them[79] for the sake of Christ’s love, which belongs to the hungry as much as it does to us. If the hungry do not come to faith, the guilt falls on those who denied them bread. To bring bread to the hungry is preparing the way for the coming of grace.”
― Ethics
― Ethics
“If evangelical gatekeepers can swallow keeping children in cages, mocking the Sermon on the Mount, and following leaders in thrall to Trumpist bigotry, why would anyone respect their discernment, value their praise, or fear their critique?”
― After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity
― After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity
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