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Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves.”
Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves.”
A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.
There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.
God is best known in not knowing him.
[Ger., Deus scitur melius nesciendo.]
God is best known in not knowing him.
[Ger., Deus scitur melius nesciendo.]
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
God never made His work for man to mend.
God never made His work for man to mend.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.