Do you know what it's like to be the kind of girl that boys never talk to and then suddenly, a boy talks to you?
An external thing that is knowable [is knowable] by means of something internal that is consubstantial [with the rational soul].
Nothing could be more beneficial for even the most zealous searcher for knowledge than his being in fact most learned in that very ignorance which is peculiarly his own; and the better a man will have known his own ignorance, the greater his learning will be.
When all my endeavor is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavor is turned toward me; when I look unto Thee alone with all my attention, nor ever turn aside the eyes of my mind, because thou dost enfold me with Thy constant regard; when I direct my love toward Thee alone because Thou, who art Love’s self hast turned Thee toward me alone. And what, Lord, is my life, save that embrace wherein Thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
Divinity is in all things in such a way that all things are in divinity.
In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith.
When Jesus died on the cross the mercy of God did not become any greater. It could not become any greater, for it was already infinite. We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No--Jesus died because God is showing mercy. It was the mercy of God that gave us Calvary, not Calvary that gave us mercy. If God had not been merciful there would have been no incarnation, no babe in the manger, no man on a cross and no open tomb.
I will find out what the normal life is like. I will be a coach. I have achieved everything I could achieve in gymnastics.
Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I don’t have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?
For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy is more urgent than determination of dates.