Douglas

“Many of our problems happen not only because we do the wrong things, but also because we believe the wrong things. Behind many seemingly practical problems are theological problems.”
― David P. Murray, Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture

“Atheists. What grounds have they for saying that no one can rise from the dead? Which is harder, to be born or to rise again? That what has never been should be, or that what has been should be once more? Is it harder to come into existence than to come back? Habit makes us find the one easy, while lack of habit makes us find the other impossible.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“Those who have no absolute values cannot let the relative remain merely relative; they are always raising it to the level of the absolute.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“The problem is, however, that when we aim for everything, we hit nothing. So when we insist we’re neighbors with everybody, often we end up being neighbors with nobody.”
― Jay Pathak, The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door