Will Thomas
Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
humility acceptance sacrifice
One thing is certain: the humility of faith, if it is followed by the proper consequences-by the acceptance of the work and sacrifice demanded by our providential task-will do far more to launch us into the full current of historical reality than the pompous rationalizations of politicians who think they are somehow the directors and manipulators of history.
prayer weather climate
I myself am part of the weather and part of the climate and part of the place … It is certainly part of my life of prayer.
prayer roots depth
It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is not to pray, but to go directly to God. . . . The fact is, though, that if you descend into the depths of your own spirit and arrive somewhere near the center of what you are, you are confronted with the inescapable truth that, at the very root of your existence, you are in constant and immediate contact with the infinite power of God.
responsibility decision faces
To Serve the God of Love one must be free, one must face the terrible responsibility of the decision to love in spite of all unworthiness whether in oneself or in one's neighbor.
evil overcoming triumph
...love triumphs, at least in this life, not by eliminating evil once for all, but by resisting and overcoming it anew every day.
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.
eye may might
The thing about Zen is that it pushes contradictions to their ultimate limit where one has to choose between madness and innocence. Zen suggests that we may be driving toward one or the other on a cosmic scale. Driving toward them because, one way or the other, as madmen or innocents, we are already there. It might be good to open our eyes and see.
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.