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Walter Hilton: Love of God


God, the Father watches us all everywhere.

 

I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy. ~ Walter Hilton

 

William Gurnall: Withdrawing God


Smith-Volterra set. Fractal built by withdrawi...

Smith-Volterra set. Fractal built by withdrawing the middle 1/4 at each iteration. Nowhere dense but has a Lebesgue mesure of ½. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

“The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God. ”
William Gurnall

 

Austin Farrer: Divine love


English: Icon of Jesus Christ

English: Icon of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith. ”

 

 

C. S. Lewis: Christianity


C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. ”
C. S. Lewis

 

Proverbs 14:10: Joy and sorrow


Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.
— Proverbs 14:10

One for Sorrow (song)

One for Sorrow (song) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Origen Adamantius: Jesus and the multitudes


Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglica...

Stained glass at St John the Baptist’s Anglican Church http://www.stjohnsashfield.org.au, Ashfield, New South Wales. Illustrates Jesus’ description of himself “I am the Good Shepherd” (from the Gospel of John, chapter 10, verse 11). This version of the image shows the detail of his face. The memorial window is also captioned: “To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of William Wright. Died 6th November, 1932. Aged 70 Yrs.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave the house and to go away to those who are not able to come to Him. ”
Origen Adamantius

Michel de Montaigne: Virtue


Michel de Montaigne.

Michel de Montaigne. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

“The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence. ”

 

 

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