Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.
Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst
"To be commanded to love God at all, let alone in the wilderness, is like being commanded to be well when we are sick, to sing for joy when we are dying of thirst, to run when our legs are broken. But this is the first and great commandment nonetheless. Even in the wilderness - especially in the wilderness - you shall love him."
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child.
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