Hamid

“...the point [of self control] is that we should miss out on that which poses a threat to our moral fortitude and psychological integrity such as constantly hunting for new experiences, relationships and objects that provide a fleeting rush of happiness...”
― Svend Brinkmann

“...mystery isn't something that you cannot understand -- it is something that you can endlessly understand!”
― Richard Rohr, The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation

“Without an ethical framework, the will is random, controlled solely by the individual's more or less fleeting desires...”
― Svend Brinkmann

“When modern culture tries to replace sin with ideas like error or insensitivity, or tries to banish words like "virtue", "character", "evil" and "vice" altogether, that doesn't make life any less moral; it just means we have obscured the inescapable moral core of life with shallow language.”
― David Brooks