“Straight tribulation is easier to bear than tribulation which advertises itself as pleasure.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“We can teach what we know, but ultimately, we will reproduce what we are.”
― Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments
― Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments
“No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight hereafter who does not in some measure behold it here by faith.”
― The Glory Of Christ
― The Glory Of Christ
“Even the most ignorant person on earth can experience union with God in perfect love by practicing contemplation in the beauty of humility.”
― The Cloud of Unknowing: With the Book of Privy Counsel
― The Cloud of Unknowing: With the Book of Privy Counsel
“How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the very beginning.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Bill’s 2025 Year in Books
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