“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
“There is an ignorance of evil that comes from being
young: there is a darker ignorance that comes from
doing it, as men by sleeping lose the
knowledge of sleep.” --C.S. Lewis
“Whatever experiences we may have, we shall not
regard them as miraculous if we already hold
a philosophy which excludes the supernatural.” --C.S. Lewis
“We are in no position to draw up
maps of God’s psychology, and prescribe limits
to His interests.” --C.S. Lewis
“It is impossible to accept Christianity for the sake
of finding comfort: but the Christian tries to lay
himself open to the will of God, to do what
God wants him to do.” --C.S.Lewis
“If you are uncertain of which of two
paths to take, choose the one on which
the shadow of the cross falls.” --Hugh Walpole
“The creature has nothing else in its power but
the free use of its will, and its free
will hath no other power but that of concurring
with, or resisting, the working of God in nature.” --William Law
“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money.
Money is not enough, money can be got,
but they need your hearts to love them.
So, spread love everywhere you go: first of all
in your home. Give love to your children, to
your wife or husband, to a next-door neighbor.” --Mother Teresa
“An old rabbi was once asked why so few people
were finding God. He wisely replied that people are
not willing to look that low. Jesus was born
in a stable, and God is especially concerned
for the poorest, the lowliest, the lost,
and the neglected.” --Harvy & Lois
“Our progress in holiness depends on God and
ourselves--on God’s grace and on our will
to be holy. We must have a real living
determination to reach holiness.” --Mother Teresa
“Put yourself completely under the influence of Jesus,
so that he may think his thoughts in
your mind, do his work through your hands,
for you will be all-powerful with him
to strengthen you.” --Mother Teresa
“God gives us the boat and the oars,
but then tells us, “It’s up to you to row.”
Making ‘positive acts of faith’ is like training this
faculty; it is developed by training, as the muscles
are developed by gymnastics.” --Carlo Carretto
“And at the same time, though I am silent,
I can make known to those ignorant brothers of
mine the meaning of our holy religion, and
of the Christian spirit, and the Sacred Heart of
Jesus, not by preaching, but by example and
charity to all.” --Charles de Foucauld
“Would-be theologians...must be on their guard
lest by beginning too soon to preach they rather
chatter themselves into Christianity than live themselves into
it and find themselves at home there.” --Soren Kierkegaard
“The Scripture teaches in the history, I think,
that when one arrogantly exalts himself he
ends by falling even below the earth. And perhaps,
if viewed through these events, arrogance might not unreasonably be
defined as a downward ascent.” --Gregory of Nyssa
“I think; therefore, God ‘IS’.” --P.M. Pace--Interesting side note to my quote above; I actually
combined two thinkers thoughts to form this piece of
knowledge, as well as adding a piece of Old Testament in as well.First, I took a little of Descartes’ philosophy
(“cogito ergo sum” ; or, “I think; therefore, I am”)
and I combined it with a similar sounding theology
from Anselm (his Ontological Argument for the existence of
God, from his Proslogion), which says essentially that God
is “that than which no greater thing can be
thought (aliquid quo maius cogitari non potest),” And, if
God doesn’t exist, the idea of God does still
exist, despite the absence of the reality of God.
Still, the reality of God is greater than the idea
of God; therefore, if God is indeed “that than
which no greater thing can be thought,” the idea of
God has to lead to the acceptance of the
reality of God, for it was already established that
the idea of God is the greatest thing that
can be thought.Confusing? In essence, if you were to think of
the greatest thought possible, something
so transcendent and omnipotent, you’d have to conclude
that a single supreme God is that thought.
If this is true, it becomes futile to
argue against the non-existence of God, for only
the greatest thought--God--could be responsible for
our mere faculty of thought, so He is
above even our thoughts. The mere fact that
we could think of God seems to give witness
to God’s existence, for only he could have provided
the means for our concept of Him.And lastly, I added that God “IS.” I took
this from Exodus 3:15, where God declares to Moses
the name by which He was to known as
before the Israelites, being YHWH (Yahweh), or
“THE LORD,” of which the meaning is actually
the third person masculine singular of ‘ehyeh, and
is thus translated as “HE IS.” This gives
evidence to God’s transcendent and omnipotent
characteristic, as well as His exclusivity. And, by
this, Anselm’s point finds foundation. OK. enough side
tracking...back to the quotes.--
