“The bourgeois treasures nothing more highly than the self.... And so at the cost of intensity he achieves his own preservation andsecurity. His harvest is a quiet mind which he prefers to being possessed by God, as he prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to that deathly inner consuming fire.” MindSelfPleasureLibertyFireAchieveComfortCostQuietTreasurePleasantIntensityPossessedHarvestPreservationConvenienceTemperatureConsumingBourgeoisSteppenwolf Book:Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays Source: Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays
“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” IfsWorldChristianPainLife IsPleasureThis WorldComfortHighestGloryCrossesTreasureCherishFoolishnessEasterBoastChrist On The Cross Author:John Piper