Brothers, love is a teacher, but a hard one to obtain: learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.
(Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov)
Friday, June 12, 2009
Redemption Explained in Ten Words or Less
"Every saint has a past and every sinner a future." -- Oscar Wilde
This is a more succinct and elegant way of making a point much like C.S. Lewis's, when he said (roughly) the important thing is less the current state of one's soul than the direction in which one is moving.
It's funny, Wilde also had a character in "The Importance of Being Earnest" say that he liked women with a past and men with a future. This quote is sort of a "baptized" version, I guess.
So that's where this quote comes from! I have heard and used that saying for years and didn't know from whence it originated! Thanks so much for pointing this out!
Great blog too, by the way. I am going to add you to my blogroll. Do you reciprocate links?
This is a more succinct and elegant way of making a point much like C.S. Lewis's, when he said (roughly) the important thing is less the current state of one's soul than the direction in which one is moving.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, Wilde also had a character in "The Importance of Being Earnest" say that he liked women with a past and men with a future. This quote is sort of a "baptized" version, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI've used that quote frequently.
ReplyDeleteSo that's where this quote comes from! I have heard and used that saying for years and didn't know from whence it originated! Thanks so much for pointing this out!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog too, by the way. I am going to add you to my blogroll. Do you reciprocate links?
Cheers!
Hi Mark -- I add blogs to my blogroll that I particularly like. I particularly like yours, so it's going on the list!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I've got you on my blogroll now as well. I really enjoy your blog -- what great reading material! Thank you so much for these wonderful posts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words, Mark.
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