10 Thoughts Worth Considering

These quotes come from my scattered reading and research over the last month. Each has given me pause and caused a time of personal reflection and sincere thought.

1. “Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.” – Albert Einstein
2. “Fashion is the law of multitudes, but it is nothing more than the common consent of fools.” – Charles Spurgeon
3. “Let me write the songs of a nation; I don’t care who writes its laws.” – Andrew Fletcher
4. “Read one thinker and you become a clone. Read two and you become confused. Read a hundred and you start to become wise.” – C.S. Lewis

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Dictatorship of Pride

This morning’s time of reading contained the following “insights” from C.S. Lewis. By “insight” I am not referring to the power and understanding of words that Lewis always commands; though that form of “insight” is ever present in his work. For the purpose of this post, I am speaking of the “insight” into myself that was shrouded in darkness prior to the light so eloquently shed by Lewis.

It is a terrible thing that the worst of all the vices [Pride] can smuggle itself into the very centre of our religious life. But you can see why. The other, and less bad, vices come from the devil working on us through our animal nature. But this does not come through our animal nature at all. It comes direct from Hell.

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Honest Atheism

In his book, The Last Word, Thomas Nagel offers an honest view on his system of beliefs (and yes, like Christianity, atheism is a set of faith based beliefs too). I am both troubled and hopeful at the thoughts expressed by Nagel.

I am talking of… the fear of religion itself. I speak from experience, being strongly subject to this fear myself: I want atheism to be true… It isn’t just that I don’t believe in God and, naturally, hope that I’m right in my belief. It’s that I hope there is no God! I don’t want there to be a God; I don’t want the universe to be like that… I am curious whether there is anyone who is genuinely indifferent as to whether there is a God – anyone who, whatever his actual belief about the matter, doesn’t particularly want either one of the answers to be correct.

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Become Beautifully Unfashionable

Quotes from Unfashionable - Tullian Tchividjian

“Many people are restless and yearning for meaning that transcends this world.”

“There’s an irrelevance to pursuing relevance.”

“Those who are dislocated from culture carry the power to change it.”

“Though we may embrace the Bible’s integrity, we have a hard time embracing its sufficiency.”

“Besides revealing the truth about God, the Bible reveals the truth about us.”

“The gospel isn’t only about reestablishing a two-way relationship between God and us; it also restores a three-way relationship among God, his people, and the created order.”

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True Progress

I am always on the go. I love productivity. Making progress towards my personal, professional and spiritual goals is a type of obsession in life. Slowing down, much less taking a step back, causes great stress for me. This is probably why I have often had a difficult time admitting mistakes. It’s not the result of arrogance, but the fact that my mistakes are usually much greater than the average follies of others. You see, I take pride in my efforts to carefully plan and calculate my activities. I even seek consistent control over my emotions. Therefore, my mistakes are rarely the foolish failures of life – mine are true miscalculations in judgement.

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