To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meaning is an abomination, for when the word passes beyond understanding the very thing the word stands for passes out of the world and cannot be recalled. Stephen R. Lawhead More Quotes by Stephen R. Lawhead More Quotes From Stephen R. Lawhead Perhaps it is how we are made; perhaps words of truth reach us best through the heart, and stories and songs are the language of the heart Stephen R. Lawhead truth heart song It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth spends his gold freely to accomplish his will in the world. It is the same with life.' Suddenly ashamed of my conspicuous poverty, I lowered my eyes. But Scatha placed a hand beneath my chin and raised my head. 'Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my Reluctant Warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave. Stephen R. Lawhead warrior eye men Knowledge is a burden--once taken up, it can never be discarded. Stephen R. Lawhead discarded burden taken To friends! Life belongs to those who love, and where love reigns is man truly king! Stephen R. Lawhead reign kings men How is a man fortunate to live in the darkness, brother?" "Why do you wonder?" asked Blaise. "For only he who has lived in darkness truly knows and values the light. Stephen R. Lawhead light brother men If thou wouldst seek justice, thyself must be just. Stephen R. Lawhead justice teacher inspirational Two friends . . . there are stronger forces on earth, perhaps, but few as tenacious and enduring as the bond between true friends. Stephen R. Lawhead two-friends true-friend stronger Tell me the word that will win you, and I will speak it. I will speak the stars of heaven into a crown for your head; I will speak the flowers of the field into a cloak; I will speak the racing stream into a melody for your ears and the voices of a thousand larks to sing it; I will speak the softness of night for your bed and the warmth of summer for your coverlet; I will speak the brightness of flame to light your way and the luster of gold to shine in your smile; I will speak until the hardness in you melts away and your heart is free. Stephen R. Lawhead stars flower summer We in our present generation stand on the cusp of a new and glorious dawn when mastery of these energies lies fully within our grasp as secret yields to inquiry, which yields to experimentation, which leads to verification and duplication, which, in the final course, leads to knowledge. Stephen R. Lawhead yield secret lying I knew, even as we touched that I had never wanted anything more in all my life. All my crabbed cravings were as a cupful of pond water beside the vast ocean of longing I felt surging through me. My head swam; my eyes blurred. I burned from the inside out as if my blood and bones were consumed with liquid fire. Stephen R. Lawhead ocean eye fire We are closest to Christ when sharing the world’s misery. Think you Jesus came to remove our pains? Wherever did you get that notion? The Lord came, not to remove our suffering, but to show us the way through it to the glory beyond. We can overcome our travails. That is the promise of the cross. Stephen R. Lawhead pain jesus thinking True poetry is born of scrutiny, Stephen R. Lawhead powerful strong art The path is revealed in the treading. Stephen R. Lawhead treading path Do not think it impossible just because it has never happened. - Friar Tuck Stephen R. Lawhead possibility impossible thinking See here, if a simple act of kindness or generosity, such as buying a loaf of bread for some poor working women, can mean that wholesale death and destruction will be avoided - why, a man would be a monster who had it in his power to alleviate all that suffering yet stood by and did nothing. Stephen R. Lawhead simple kindness mean Well, I was thinking this very thing. I was thinking: I am going to die today, but Jesu also died, so he knows how it is with me. And I was thinking, would he know me when I came to him? Yes! Sitting in his hall, he will see me sail into the bay, and he will run down to meet me on the shore; he will wade into the sea and pull my boat onto the sand and welcome me as his wayfaring brother. Why will he do this? Because he too has suffered, and he knows...HE KNOWS...Is that not good news? Stephen R. Lawhead brother running thinking Arthur, with his keen blue eyes and hair of burnished gold, his ready smile and guileless countenance. Wide and heavy of shoulder, long of limb, he towers above other men and, though he does not yet know the power of his stature, he is aware that smaller men become uneasy near him. He is handsomely knit in all; fair to look upon. Stephen R. Lawhead eye hair men I tell you the truth, a man may not make himself king; only the blessing of him who holds the kingship can elevate a man to that high place. For sovereignty is a sacred trust that may not be bartered or sold; still less may it be stolen or taken by force. Stephen R. Lawhead taken kings blessing Three things cannot be called back: the arrow when it speeds from the bow, the milk when the churn is upturned, the word when it leaps from the tongue. Stephen R. Lawhead tongue arrows three Arthur’s fingers tighten on the silver-braided hilt: see how naturally it fits his hand! He pulls. The Sword of Britain slides from its stone sheath. The ease with which this is accomplished shines in the wonder in Arthur’s eyes. He truly cannot believe what he has done. Nor can he comprehend what it means. Stephen R. Lawhead eye mean believe
