The Strangeness of Truth Quotes

“Augustine found that Christian faith actually broadened his reason, it did not destroy it. For the first half of his life, Augustine had fallen in love with creation and hoped that honor, knowledge, sexual intimacy, and even friendship would satisfy his desires, but as he tells us, his heart remained restless. He found that rest only when his life was first ordered to the Creator.”
― Damian Ference, The Strangeness of Truth: Vibrant Faith in a Dark World

“Augustine longed for truth and for something that would satisfy him, yet all the things the world promised would satisfy him left him wanting.”
― Damian Ference, The Strangeness of Truth: Vibrant Faith in a Dark World

“It’s not that words aren’t important, for truly they are. It’s that actions speak louder than words or, better yet, embodied words speak louder than abstract ones.”
― Damian Ference, The Strangeness of Truth: Vibrant Faith in a Dark World

“embodied words speak louder than abstract ones.”
― Damien Ference Ference, The Strangeness of Truth: Vibrant Faith in a Dark World