The winds of destiny are blowing, Siuan, and we must ride them where they take us.”
“(In Catholic universities, a doctorate in theology is not referred to as a PhD but as an STD, Doctor of Sacred Theology. It’s an unfortunate name for a degree. It must be hard for someone’s mother to say, “I’m so proud of my little boy. He went to seminary and got an STD.”)”
― Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale
― Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale
“We should always be grateful to people who disagree with us. At the very least, they sharpen us as a stone sharpens a knife. At best, they wake us up to how stunning the beliefs we profess actually are.”
― The Creed in Slow Motion: An exploration of faith, phrase by phrase, word by word
― The Creed in Slow Motion: An exploration of faith, phrase by phrase, word by word
“In dog philosophy it was always better to go somewhere than to be left behind”
― The Evening and the Morning
― The Evening and the Morning
“At night you lie on your soft sleeping bag listening to the trees and wind talking to the night while the stars spin their slow but constant dervish.”
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
“He was an autodidact, and gave himself the education he needed.”
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
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