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“Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word glory a meaning for me. I still do not know where else I could have found one. I do not see how "fear" of God could have ever meant to me anything but the lowest prudential efforts to be safe, if I had never seen certain ominous ravines and unapproachable crags. And if nature had never awakened certain longings in me, huge areas of what I can now mean by "love" of God would never, so far as I can see, have existed.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“You have listened to fears, Child,' said Aslan. 'Come, let me breathe on you. Forget them. Are you brave again?”
― Prince Caspian
― Prince Caspian
“As Rabbi Heschel teaches, humanity will be saved not by more information, but by more appreciation.”
― Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint for Our Times
― Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint for Our Times
“The doctrine of the Incarnation is itself an invitation to all believers to love the earth, cherish it, find the divine in it.”
― Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions
― Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions
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