We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning to the word "love."

It was a full moon and, shining on all the snow, it made everything almost as bright as day -- only the shadows were rather confusing.

The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.

It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,' said Augray.

If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn.