“Wealth can’t be defined in terms of what we have, but only in terms of how free we are to give and take”.”
― The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin
― The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin
“Doch diejenigen, die mich auffordern, an diesem Weltbild [Evolutionstheorie] zu glauben, wollen mich auch glauben machen, dass die Vernunft lediglich ein unvorhergesehenes und unbeabsichtigtes Nebenprodukt unbelebter Materie in einem Stadium ihrer endlosen und ziellosen Bewegung ist. Ist das nicht ein glatter Widerspruch?”
― Der innere Ring. Und andere Essays
― Der innere Ring. Und andere Essays
“And while reason may be found within His love, no reason would be able to contain his love. […] It is possible that the evidence of His divinity lies in that love – that in light of love, miracles seem sort of unremarkable. If God can love me, the rest will follow.”
― The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin
― The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin
“We walk by faith and not by sight – not because we are blind, but because faith gives us the courage to face or fears and puts those fears in a context that makes them less frightful. We walk by faith and not by sight because there are places to go that cannot be seen and the scope of our vision is too small for our strides. Faith is not a denial of facts – it is a broadening of focus. It does not deny the hardness of guitar strings, it plucks them into a sweetness of sound”
― The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin
― The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin
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