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It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

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When she had first crossed the dry and dusty world which his mind inhabited she had been like a spring shower; in opening himself to it he had not bee...more

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Here the whole world (stars, water, air,And field, and forest, as they wereReflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behindIn ashes, y...more

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The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But ...more

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If all the world were Christian, it might not matter if all the world were educated. But a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exis...more

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How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask-half our great theological and metaphysical problems...more

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...if you give such a creature two blows with a whip, there are, indeed, two pains: but there is no co-ordinating self which can recognise that 'I hav...more

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[God] sees before Him in fact a self-centred, greedy, grumbling, rebellious human animal. But He says "Let us pretend that this is not a mere creature...more

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Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery.

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For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same exper...more

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Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue seeking Him with ser...more

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Everyone reads, everyone hears things discussed. Consequently, if you do not listen to Theology, that will not mean that you have no ideas about God. ...more

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Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of the mar...more

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In the same way a Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man is enabled to repent and pick himself up and begin over again after each stum...more

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In other words, The­ol­ogy is prac­ti­cal: espe­cially now. In the old days, when there was less edu­ca­tion and dis­cus­sion, per­haps it was pos­si­...more