Quotes about Struggle

Addicts have already proven to themselves that there are things in this world that are more attractive to them than God himself, whether it is comfort, power, pleasure, or reputation. Whatever they have worshipped, however, cannot compare to the God who has revealed himself as the One who always says, "I love you," before we say it to him.

When addicts turn away from the Lord and gaze at the object of their desire, God becomes a distant memory. Since one common belief is that God is going to keep us from something good, we try to distract ourselves from remembering him.

This, however, is similar to God saying that the land belonged to Israel. They were promised the land, but they still had to fight for it. Furthermore, not all the battles were successful.

Screwtape warns Wormwood] Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's [God's] will, looks around upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.

Every revolutionary ends as an oppressor or a heretic.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force.

I love Humanity but I hate humans

A storm broke loose in my mind.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in our health, or we suffer in our soul, or we get fat.