Quotemeal: Apr. 12th, 1962

Thursday, April 12, 1962

"When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don't expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty."
— Flannery O'Connor

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"God examines both rich and poor, not according to their lands and houses, but according to the riches of their hearts."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."
— Edward John Phelps —
"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
— Plutarch —
"Concepts create idols, only wonder grasps anything."
— Gregory of Nyssa —

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Illustration of Flannery O'Connor — "When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don't expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty."

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