“It is pure love when you ask God neither for release from punishment nor for increase of reward, nor even for the sweetness of his love in this life – unless it happens that you desire the sweetness at a particular time, to refresh your spiritual powers so that they do not fail on the way – but when you ask God for nothing but himself. And you have neither care nor concern whether you will be in pain or in bliss, so long as you have him whom you love. This is pure love.”
― The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works
― The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
If I am not for others, what am I?
And if not now, when?”
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If I am not for others, what am I?
And if not now, when?”
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“If not now, when?”
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“I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.”
― The Origin of Species
― The Origin of Species
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