W]hen I addressed people as I used to frequently in the peace movement, there would be, in the last 10 years, always somebody saying, “I am so disillusioned.” Well, being old now, I can be forthright and say, “Who the hell gave you the right to have illusions in the first place?” We have no right to have illusions. So we have only ourselves to chastise when we feel disillusioned. — William Sloan Coffin
Daily Manna
Our capacity to grieve and lament is directly related to our capacity for hope, for our confidence in the trustworthiness of the beatific vision—much like the circumference of a tree’s trunk and t… — Ken Sehested