Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
simplicity firsts overcoming
If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved.
perfection his-love unlimited
Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love.
giving perspective silence
Not only does silence give us a chance to understand ourselves better, to get a truer and more balanced perspective on our own lives in relation to the lives of others: silence makes us whole if we let it. Silence helps draw together the scattered and dissipated energies of a fragmented existence.
names numbers giving
Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something you yourself can only discover from within.
crucifixion-of-christ joy grace
This is the crucifixion of Christ: in which He dies again and again in the individuals who were made to share the joy and freedom of His grace, and who deny Him.
christian powerful earth
A Christian is committed to the belief that Love and Mercy are the most powerful forces on earth.
wisdom silence solitude
But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.
hate men solitude
When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, then society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate.
wisdom mean essence
A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,” so to speak, to [God's] creative love. It is expressing an idea which is in God and which is not distinct from the essence of God, and therefore a tree imitates God by being a tree
wisdom temptation simple-life
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.
advertising treats reverence
Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments.
imagination certain should
The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around.
learning done classroom
The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.
christian joy ashes
Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness, a Christian feast.