A goal we have lost sight of can only be reached by detours.
— Ernst Ferstl (b. 1955), Lehrer, Dichter und Aphoristiker
Topics: Meaning & Identity
Occasions: For Reflection
Ernst Ferstl
Ernst Ferstl (* 1955) ist ein österreichischer Lehrer, Dichter und Aphoristiker aus Niederösterreich. Er wurde vor allem durch zahlreiche Sinnsprüche und Haikus bekannt, die Themen wie Achtsamkeit, Entschleunigung und zwischenmenschliche Zuwendung behandeln. Für Bibelleser bieten seine konfessionell ungebundenen Gedanken alltagsnahe Impulse zu Nächstenliebe und Lebensführung.
All quotes by Ernst Ferstl (17)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson