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i think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave—that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do a great harm.

wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration. you don’t have to bring a thing to it except a little willingness to see. only, who could have the courage to see it?

“he could knock me down the stairs and i would have worked out the theology for forgiving him before i reached the bottom. but if he harmed you in the slightest way, i’m afraid theology would fail me.”

“history could make a stone weep.”

“existence is the essential thing and the holy thing.”