People's talk and the stories they tell have been engraved on my heart, and some of them have flown into my pen.
Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.
The Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven.
History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same.
We never live so intensely as when we love strongly. We never realize ourselves so vividly as when we are in full glow of love for others.
Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.
God, we thank you for this earth, our homes; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the salt sea and the running water, for the everlasting hills and the never resting winds, for trees and the common grass underfoot. We thank you for our senses by which we hear the songs of birds, and see the splendor of the summer fields, and taste of the autumn fruits, and rejoice in the feel of the snow, and smell the breath of the spring. Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty; and save our souls from being so blind that we pass unseeing when even the common thorn bush is aflame with your glory.
I have a good life. I have nothing to complain about, and the music is just too interesting.
So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into the old language. But deep down it is a matter of deciding where one's future lies. It is a matter of political will and courage.
Until the seventeenth century there was no concept of evidence with which to pose the problem of induction!
Three years without a Premiership title? I don't think I would still be in a job.