Jake

“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
― Soren Kierkegaard

“People like you to be something, preferably what they are.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis