Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes believe demonstrably emotion
I think I have made allowances for the kind of despair which would test my faith, but you cannot know in advance what disaster to those you love would be too much to bear faithfully, and like everyone's, my faith is weakly conditional in some ways. I hope, I pray not to lose it. My fingers are crossed. Also my heart. Francis Spufford advanceallowancebear share on social
If you're a believer, God is not a thought-experiment requiring a special sub-creation to be tried out in. He's an actual, er, actuality already, embedded in a necessary and true story about guilt, hope, and liberty. I don't want C. S. Lewis doing his resourceful best to render Him as a fabulous special effect. Francis Spufford actualactualitybeliever share on social
Christianity is a religion of continuity and discontinuity as well. It's about what stays the same and what changes in the twinkling of an eye. Both are necessary truths, but sometimes it's important to accentuate the discontinuity, the sudden leap, the way you go up a tree, Zacchaeus, and come down a saint. Francis Spufford accentuatechristianitycontinuity share on social
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. Gilbert Highet believedoctorhealth Change image and share on social
Hatred is a very underestimated emotion. Jim Morrison emotionhatredunderestimate Change image and share on social
I think cutting our defense capacity not only demonstrably diminishes our national security, but it has a tremendous negative impact in the long run on our economy because we end up having to fight wars and clean up after terrorist disasters. Trent Franks capacitycleancut share on social