“In the cross of Christ God is taking man dead-seriously so that he may open up for him the happy freedom of Easter. God takes upon himself the pain of negation and the God forsakenness of judgement to reconcile himself with his enemies and to give the godless fellowship with himself.” MenGivingMayPainChristEnemyCrossesJudgementEasterFellowshipReconcileNegation Book:Theology of play Source: Theology of play
“How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.” PainEnemyHungerRevenge Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“My knowledge of pain, learned with the sabre, taught me not to be afraid. And just as in dueling when you must concentrate on your enemy's cheek, so, too, in war. You cannot waste time on feinting and sidestepping. You must decide on your target and go in.” WarPainEnemyTaughtWasteTargetWasting TimeCheeksDueling Author:Otto Skorzeny
“This is the message of your life and my life - it’s that nothing lasts. Heraclitus said it: Panta Rhei. All flows, nothing lasts. Not your enemies, not your fortune, not who you sleep with at night, not the books, not the house in Saint-Tropez, not even the children - nothing lasts. To the degree that you avert your gaze from this truth, you build the potential for pain into your life. Everything is this act of embracing the present moment, the felt presence of experience, and then moving on to the next felt moment of experience. It’s literally psychological nomadism is what it is.” ChildrenSaidBookMomentsPainLastsMovingNightNextHouseFeltSleepEnemyDegreesMessagesFlowFortuneSaintPsychologicalPresent MomentAvert Author:Terence McKenna