Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes
Written in Father Tim Kavanagh's own hand, this wonderful collection of quotes brings to life the personal reflections of Mitford's beloved Episcopal priest. Here Father Tim has carefully recorded his favorite quotes from a variety of thinkers, philosophers, and poets whom he has admired over the years. Next to the quotes are Father Tim's personal comments, scribblings, and doodlings. From C. S. Lewis and Mark Twain to Aristophanes and St. Paul, these heartwarming words on love, life, and...
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Written in Father Tim Kavanagh's own hand, this wonderful collection of quotes brings to life the personal reflections of Mitford's beloved Episcopal priest. Here Father Tim has carefully recorded his favorite quotes from a variety of thinkers, philosophers, and poets whom he has admired over the years. Next to the quotes are Father Tim's personal comments, scribblings, and doodlings. From C. S. Lewis and Mark Twain to Aristophanes and St. Paul, these heartwarming words on love, life, and faith are a perfect addition to the Mitford series-and a must-have for Jan Karon's millions of readers. Wall Street Journal ...although [Ms. Karon's] books are full of wry humor, she is serious about providing...[an] alternative to the "murder and mayhem" that dominate mass culture.
Selected Quotes from Patches of Godlight\ None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.\ —Milton\ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee . . . \ —Isaiah 26:3\ God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life so we overcome. The strain is the strength. Are you asking God to give you life and liberty and joy? He cannot, unless you will accept the strain. Immediately you face the strain, you will get the strength.\ —Oswald Chambers, “My Utmost for His Highest”\ As is our confidence, so is our capacity.\ —William Hazlitt\ Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts.\ —Martin Luther King, Jr.\ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.\ —Ralph Waldo Emerson\ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.\ —Edmund Burke\ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\ —Philippians 4:13\ One man with courage makes a majority.\ —Andrew Jackson\ The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.\ —Solomon\ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.\ —St. Paul\ Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength. Industry and determination can do anything that genius and advantage can do and many things that they cannot.\ —Theodore Roosevelt
\ Wall Street Journal...although [Ms. Karon's] books are full of wry humor, she is serious about providing...[an] alternative to the "murder and mayhem" that dominate mass culture.\ \
