There are two basic duties for man in this life: one is to serve nature and the other is to find God. J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)
Basil the Great Quotation – “Do not despair or cast aside every good hope…”
Do not despair or cast aside every good hope because your present state is quite unenviable. Rather, turn your thoughts to the blessings already granted you by God and to those reserved by promise for the future. Basil the Great (329 – 379)
Basil the Great Quote – “True prudence is the knowledge of what to do…”
True prudence is the knowledge of what to do and what not to do. One who possesses it never refrains from virtuous works and is never pierced by the deadly arrow of vice. Thus, he who understands words of prudence knows the difference between what is insidious, structured for deception and what reminds us quietly about the best way to […]
Karl Barth Quote – “History is the display of the supposed advantages…”
History is the display of the supposed advantages of power and intelligence which some men possess over others, of the struggle for existence hypocritically described by ideologists as the struggle for justice and freedom of the ebb and flow of old and new forms of human righteousness, each vying with the rest in solemnity and triviality… Yet one drop of […]
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea…”
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “You do not see God. Love and you possess him…”
You do not see God. Love and you possess him… for God offers himself to us at once. Love me, he cries to us, and you shall possess me. You cannot love me without possessing me. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds…”
It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “It is right for us to be exhorted so to love wisdom…”
It is right for us to be exhorted so to love wisdom that we most eargerly seek it as our treasure, acquire more and more of it, suffer many trials, restrain desires, ponder the future, so that we may preserve innocence and beneficence. Whenever we act in this way we are in possession of true virtues, because our objective is […]
Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote – “O God, deliver me from the multitude of words…”
O God, deliver me from the multitude of words within my own soul. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)
Alauddin Al-Attar Quote – “Has the road an end or not…”
“Has the road an end or not?” He answered: “The road has an end, but the stations have no end, for the journey is twofold, one to God and one in God.” Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)