“A little while, we are in eternity; before we find ourselves there, let us do much for Christ.”
― Ann Judson: A Missionary Life for Burma
― Ann Judson: A Missionary Life for Burma
“The modesty that theology needs is the recognition that we cannot rationally comprehend God.”
― Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry
― Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry
“We need a combination of supreme moral sensitivity and economic knowledge. Economically ignorant moralism is as objectionable as morally callous economism. Ethics and economics are two equally difficult subjects, and while the former needs discerning and expert reason, the latter cannot do without humane values.”
― A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market
― A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market
“It can be very helpful if you keep a notebook to record your observations. It helps you to remember them more fully and with more accuracy. What did you say; how did you react; what were your motives; what were your actions; what emotional states were you in; did you pretend; did you lie by omission or by commission; were you insincere; did you justify yourself; did you gossip or slander anyone; did you have any moment of self-awareness at all or did you sleep-walk through your day wasting every opportunity to awaken?”
― The Work: Esotericism and Christian Psychology
― The Work: Esotericism and Christian Psychology
“It is a sign of regression when pleasure begins to be considered as the highest principle”
― Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul
― Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul
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