“The Christian knows to serve the weak not because they deserve it but because God extended his love to us when we deserved the opposite. Christ came down from heaven, and whenever his disciples entertained dreams of prestige and power he reminded them that the greatest is the one who serves. The ladder of power reaches up, the ladder of grace reaches down.” KnowsDreamChristianHeavenChristGraceDeserveWeakOppositesDiscipleHis LoveLaddersPrestige Book:What's So Amazing about Grace? Source: What's So Amazing about Grace?
“The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.” FriendshipGraceFriendsHabitOppositesAgreeFaultsLengthDiscoveringNovelty Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo.” FeelsPersonsSometimesGraceOppositesLoserJerkWeirdo Author:Matt Berninger
“Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we don't know we know."” KnowsShouldWritingStoriesFictionGraceOppositesShould IOutlinesWorkshops Author:Andre Dubus
“And it's like some tiny nothing that sets off a natural disaster halfway across the world, only this was the opposite of disaster, how by accident she saved me with that thoughtless act of grace, and she never knew, and how that, too, is the part of the history of love.” WorldNaturalGraceOppositesAccidentsSavedTinyDisasterHalfwayNatural DisasterHistory Of Love Book:The History of Love: A Novel Source: The History of Love: A Novel
“In the New Testament grace means God's love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger to save themselves.” MenMeanActionEarthMovingHeavenGraceOppositesFingersLiftsSinnerTestamentNew TestamentGod's LoveHeaven And Earth Book:Knowing God Through the Year Source: Knowing God Through the Year