“The general human failing is to want what is right and important, but at the same time not to commit to the kind of life that will produce the action we know to be right and the condition we want to enjoy. This is the feature of human character that explains why the road to hell is paved with good intentions. We intend what is right, but we avoid the life that would make it reality.”
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
“And the pain of her rejecting me out loud, of having to hear her spell it out would just break the pathetic little part of me which still liked to cling to the idea that it had actually meant something to her. Because it had meant more to me than I could easily put into words. And despite the agony that it caused me to look back on that moment and realise it was well and truly gone, I wouldn’t trade the memory of it for all the auras in the world.”
― Shadow Princess
― Shadow Princess
“Being smart is the worst thing one can be in modern society. All it ever means is more work.”
― The Answer Is No
― The Answer Is No
“Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.”3”
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
― The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
“Does your anger actually help those people, or does it make you feel righteous while the situation gets worse?”
― Glow of the Everflame
― Glow of the Everflame
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