Quotes of the Moment

[hummingwolf]

Belief, as I use the word here, is the inistence that the truth is what one would like it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on condition that is fits in with his preconcieved ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith lets go.
--Alan Watts


We would rather be ruined than changed.
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
--W.H. Auden


If I were called upon to state in a few words the essence of everything I was trying to say both as a novelist and a preacher, it would be something like this: Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and the pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.
--Frederick Buechner

Oh, and for me, the picture of the day would be the one attached to this post. (Picture originally from this site, linked to by vidicon.)

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[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Well, these are other people's nifty and thoughtful things. If I can get some more nights like last night, maybe I can start to be nifty & thoughtful myself. :-)