Cascaval La Quotes & Sayings

One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings, and dislikings before some spiritual adviser; for, ... the first condition which the Evil One makes with a soul, when he wants to entrap it, is silence. — Saint Francis De Sales

Where are the people today who will respond to the call of Christ? Have we become so accustomed to "cheap grace" that we instinctively shy away from more demanding calls to obedience? "Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross."4 Why has the giving of money, for example, been unquestionably recognized as an element in Christian devotion and fasting so disputed? Certainly we have as much, if not more, evidence from the Bible for fasting as we have for giving. Perhaps in our affluent society fasting involves a far larger sacrifice than the giving of money. — Richard J. Foster

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large. — E. M. Forster

I want to speak to you, Lobsang. Not to a voice in the air. A face I can punch. — Terry Pratchett

Quantum mechanics provides us with an approximate, plausible, conjectural explanation of what actually is, or was, or may be taking place inside a cyclotron during a dark night in February. — Edward Abbey

When religious believers invoke miracles and acts of creation ex nihilo, that is the end of the search for them, whereas for scientists, the identification of such mysteries is only the beginning. Science picks up where theology leaves off. — Michael Shermer

[Personal] industry must be faint and languid, which is not excited by the sense of personal interest. — Edward Gibbon

He asked her for coffee, but she wanted tea instead. — Ljupka Cvetanova

Her body was heavy and tired, and she thought, I can't carry myself another step into this life. — Josephine Humphreys