A Quotation
“I don’t deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.”
- Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964)
Quotations: Animals Chesterton creation cruelty Darwin evolution human morality natural selection nature sentimentality tiger
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Chesterton on Darwinism
DARWINISM can be used to back up two mad moralities, but it cannot be used to back up a single sane one. The kinship and competition of all living creatures can be used as a reason for being insanely cruel or insanely sentimental; but not for a healthy love of animals. On the evolutionary basis you may be inhumane, or you may be absurdly humane; but you cannot be human. That you and a tiger are one may be a reason for being tender to a tiger. Or it may be a reason for being as cruel as the tiger. It is one way to train the tiger to imitate you; it is a shorter way to imitate the tiger. But in neither case does evolution tell you how to treat a tiger reasonably — that is, to admire his stripes while avoiding his claws. If you want to treat a tiger reasonably, you must go back to the garden of Eden.
From Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
A Quotation
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
–Douglas Adams
Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007)
“Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
1 Corinthians 13:12, NIV“That’s the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they’ve been all along.”
-Madeleine L’Engle
Thank you, Mrs. L’Engle, for passing on the glimpses that you saw. Thank you, God, for Mrs. L’Engle.
Story (with excellent bio) here.
Books and Reading Bubbles Creativity and Creating Poetry/Hymns/Lyrics Quotations
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From my reading . . .
Writing can be exhilarating work. While you sit quietly scribbling into your notebook, memories and associations rise like bubbles out of the thick mud of your mind. Interesting words pop up, colorful images. It’s a kind of play, and there’s a lot of happiness in it.
From The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
From my reading . . .
“If you continue to love Jesus, nothing much can go wrong with you, and I hope you may always do so.”
From my reading . . .
Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1) Things we ought to do. (2) Things we’ve got to do. (3) Things we like doing. I say this because some people seem to spend so much of their time doing things for none of the three reasons, things like reading books they don’t like because other people read them.
E. B. White’s Birthday (1899-1985)
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
—E.B. White
Elwyn Brooks White wrote the children’s books Charlotte’s Web
Captain John Paul Jones’ Birthday (1747-1792)
“If fear is cultivated it will become stronger; if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.”
—John Paul Jones (1747-1792)
“Father of the American Navy”
From my reading . . .
A lot of our art making is instinctive. What compels us to create is something inside that needs to get out. That is why the quality of our interior life is so important. If we are living righteously and God’s laws are constantly before us, then the imaginations of our heart will reflect that. If we are constantly learning from Scripture, even our unconscious will is being purified, and our dreams will be different from the dreams of the unregenerate person.
From Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts
