By trusting Christ's redemptive work for us, we can enter into what we long for: the happiness found only in God.
For every victory there is a price.
Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?
All knowledge is worth having
There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart
We are all these things [. . . ]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty. . . and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.
Nothing is meaningful except surrendering to love. Do it.
In order to spend out our time (life) we sell some of this time. We work for someone, we labour. In freedom we do slavery.
Why should not a poet's cat be winged as well as his horse?
I'm not sure who invented dodgeball, but I can almost guarantee you that it wasn't the shortest kid in the class.