Sittser A Grace Quotes & Sayings

To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary as extraordinary, the familiar as strange, the mundane as sacred, the finite as infinite. — Novalis

The pervasiveness and intensity of our nostalgia make it hard to achieve the kind of analytic distance that would allow us to address these questions seriously. That — Yuval Levin

There's a direct link between the buffalo hunts and Vietnam, said Switters. — Tom Robbins

When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves. — Erwin McManus

Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture. — Edgar Degas

To listen also means to stay in relationship, the central challenge of our time, and this requires us to constantly minimize whatever stands between us and life. — Mark Nepo

There's no such thing in this world as absolute certainty. So accept that and go forward acting toward the best outcome no matter what. — Kenneth Atchity

Gifts of grace come to all of us. But we must be ready to see and willing to receive these gifts. It will require a kind of sacrifice, the sacrifice of believing that, however painful our losses, life can still be good - good in a different way then before, but nevertheless good. I will never recover from my loss and I will never got over missing the ones I lost. But I still cherish life ... I will always want the ones I lost back again. I long for them with all my soul. But I still celebrate the life I have found because they are gone. I have lost, but I have also gained. I lost the world I loved, but I gained a deeper awareness of grace. That grace has enabled me to clarify my purpose in life and rediscover the wonder of the present moment. — Gerald L. Sittser

I had to face within myself all the things I didn't do and wasn't while I was wearing my own crown. — Frank Langella

A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after. — Joanne Harris