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21 " It is very difficult”, he said aloud. “It is very difficult for a man to believe that God loves him, if he does not know the love of another human being. "
― Michael D. O'Brien , Sophia House (Children of the Last Days #5)
22 " My friend, I thank you for weeping over my painting. I have waited more than fifty years for such a compliment. I painted it when I was as young as you, during a period of darkness, a time when I believed there was no love in the world. From then on I could paint nothing. God speed you on your journey. There is love in the world. You will find it. "
23 " Vladimir Soloviev’s tale of the Antichrist from War, Progress, and the End of History. "
24 " If one is called to an unusual work in the Kingdom of God, it is necessary that the roots of pride be burned out as soon as possible, otherwise pride would destroy him. Pride is the death-bringer. It ruins everything, even the greatest works conceived with the highest ideals. "
25 " We wish to be worthy of being saved”, Father Andrei continued. “Which is another way of saying that we, every one of us, whether we know it or not, wish to be our own god, that is, to save ourselves. We want paradise without his Cross, forgetting that the Cross is the only way to reenter the original harmony we lost in the Fall of Man. This is the narrow gate. "
26 " David dropped his eyes. In a low voice, he said, “One can be alone, even in a household full of people who speak incessantly. "
27 " Tell me, Pan Tarnowski, did your father not teach you to discern good from evil? "