 I am perfectly convinced that whatever the gospels are they are not legends. Christ bent down and scribbled in the dust with His finger. Nothing comes of this. No one has based any doctrine on it. And the act of inventing little irrelevant details to make an imaginary scene more convincing is purely a modern art. Topics: Truth, Scripture |
| It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Topics: Virtue
Source: The Abolition of Man |
| If we are to have values at all we must accept the ultimate platitudes of Practical Reason as having absolute validity. Topics: Virtue
Source: The Abolition of Man |
| Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. Topics: Virtue |
| Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. Topics: Virtue, Power |
| Virtue-even attempted virtue-brings light; indulgence brings fog. Topics: Virtue, Light |
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| Perfect goodness can never debate about the end to be attained, and perfect wisdom cannot debate about the means most suited to achieve it. Topics: Wisdom |
| It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men. Topics: Worship
Source: Reflections on the Psalms |
