“It is virtually impossible to nurture the power of compassion if we are at the same time romanticizing suffering or imagining that God wills it “for our own good."”
— The Wounding and Healing of Desire: Weaving Heaven and Earth by Wendy Farley
"What are extraordinary are the ordinary, concrete realities of daily life." -- Thomas Merton
“It is virtually impossible to nurture the power of compassion if we are at the same time romanticizing suffering or imagining that God wills it “for our own good."”
— The Wounding and Healing of Desire: Weaving Heaven and Earth by Wendy Farley