Laura Smith

“Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.”
― Philip Yancey

“Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.”
― Philip Yancey