Thomas Dubay quotes
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“The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (1997). “Authenticity: A Biblical Theology of Discernment”, p.132, Ignatius Press
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“Creation is a book proclaiming the Creator. It is a book of beauty that our intellect reads, but through the passageways of our five senses.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (1999). “The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet”, p.163, Ignatius Press
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“The humble person is open to being corrected, whereas the arrogant is clearly closed to it. Proud people are supremely confident in their own opinions and insights. No one can admonish them successfully: not a peer, not a local superior, not even the pope himself. They know - and that is the end of the matter. Filled as they are with their own views, the arrogant lack the capacity to see another view.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (1997). “Authenticity: A Biblical Theology of Discernment”, p.132, Ignatius Press
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“Boredom comes not from reality but from people who are only half alive.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (2002). “Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within”, p.77, Ignatius Press
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“It is the saints who know what being in love is all about. Earthly love pales by comparison.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (1989). “Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel, on Prayer”, p.25, Ignatius Press
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“The acute experience of great beauty readily evokes a nameless yearning for something more than earth can offer. Elegant splendor reawakens our spirit's aching need for the infinite, a hunger for more than matter can provide.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (1999). “The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet”, p.56, Ignatius Press
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“Beauty is necessarily shrouded in mystery--which is part of its splendour.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (1999). “The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet”, p.42, Ignatius Press
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“Mediocre people often have a tinge of religion about them, but it is only a tinge. They take their religion as it comes. They may pray and worship more or less regularly, and they usually stay clear of publicly disgraceful crimes, but they are lukewarm, colorless. Seldom or never do they read a serious book about prayer or study to learn more about God and His plans, to discover how to be humble and chaste and patient. They are always too busy for the one thing necessary.”
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“The main problem in developing a deep prayer life is by far the failure to live the radicality of the Gospel, hour by hour and day by day.”
-- Thomas DubaySource : Thomas Dubay (1981). “Happy Are You Poor”
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“A man in trouble laments that he did not listen to his teachers, and thus he finds himself in a sad state, utter ruin. A candid admission of a blunder is refreshing and not often heard in human affairs. It is the saint alone who is large-minded enough to think and speak in this way. This is part of his authenticity.The person who is swift to hear and slow to respond is a stranger to an all-knowing illuminism. He believes that others, too, have some truth, and he is willing to be instructed by them. He is ready for the mind of God.”
-- Thomas Dubay
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