The idea of an incarnation of God is absurd: why should the human race think itself so superior to bees, ants, and elephants as to be put in this unique relation to its maker? . . Christians are like a council of frogs in a marsh or a synod of worms on a dung-hill croaking and squeaking 'for our sakes was the world created.'
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The spirit of Eucharistic love will make you refer everything to the Holy Eucharist, for the Eucharist is the summary of all marvels. It is the permanent mystery in which we find all others. If you have this Eucharistic spirit, if your thoughts are tuned continually toward the Eucharist, the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament will never leave you. God is immense, the universe is filled with God's presence, but the Eucharistic soul prefers to search and find God where he is sacramentally. Just as the eagles assemble where the body is, so also Eucharistic souls are attracted instinctively, easily, and habitually to the Holy Eucharist. Therein is their happiness, their peace; there they find a supernatural knowledge of all things. That is why after holy Communion we often understand some things which before were incomprehensible to us. That is why some saints who were very ignorant spoke admirably of God. Put yourselves, then, dear sisters, in the holy Eucharist, and you will be in a center of light.
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Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that
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Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.
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If one is reported as having set up camp overseas, it's as if one has made oneself unavailable.
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'We should be agnostic about those things for which there is no evidence. We should not hold beliefs merely because they gratify our desires for afterlife, immortality, heaven, hell, etc.”
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Love is not blind -- it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
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Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex.
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The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature; only then can he see clearly.
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The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door.
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The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings:...
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Words are tools which automatically carve concepts out of experience.
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Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size the everyone does not know everyone else.
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Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.
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Sooner or later, false thinking brings wrong conduct.
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