We're straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging.
Daniel QuinnYou're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. โฆ You are captivesโand you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at stake, isn't it?โyour captivity and the captivity of the world.
Daniel QuinnFar and away the most futile admonition Christ ever offered was when he said, 'Have no care for tomorrow. Don't worry about whether you're going to have something to eat. Look at the birds of the air. They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, but God takes perfect care of them. Don't you think he'll do the same for you?' In our culture the overwhelming answer to that question is, 'Hell no!' Even the most dedicated monastics saw to their sowing and reaping and gathering into barns.
Daniel QuinnWow, just imagine missing school on the day when they were learning blue. You'd spend the rest of your life wondering what color the sky is.
Daniel Quinn