Only my books anoint me, and a few friends, those who reach into my veins.
If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go.
Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible. There remains perceptible to us only that of the stone, which is not shared by us; and, because of this, sense shows it as by a straight line, always parallel to the tower, which is built upright and perpendicular upon the terrestrial surface.
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
The world is seldom so simple that it hinges on us alone.
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
The One who knows the fullness of my sin loves me as my Father right now.
The things that go wrong for you have a lot of potential to become part of your gift to the world.