Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt
In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.
There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.
Ideas are the factors that lift civilization. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.
There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.
Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the way.
We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.
I was just confused about why I was feeling overwhelmed all the time and trying to adjust to having people work for me. Surprisingly, I think if you're known on the Internet, you're probably an introvert.
Wonder is like grace, in that it's not a condition we grasp; it grasps us. Wonder is not an obligatory element in the search for truth. We can seek truth without wonder's assistance. But seek is all we'll do; there will be no finding. Unless wonder descends, unlocks us. . . truth is unable to enter. Wonder may be the aura of truth, the halo of it. Or something even closer. Wonder may be the caress of truth, touching our very skin.
Let the river roll which way it will, cities will rise on its banks.
The quickest path to self-destruction is to push away the people you love.