Many miss out on the most beautiful thing because they do not long for it.
— John Arnott MacCulloch (1868–1950), Geistlicher und Religionswissenschaftler
Note on attribution: Der angegebene Name vermischt vermutlich zwei unterschiedliche Personen (den Erweckungsprediger John Arnott und den Folkloristen John Arnott MacCulloch); eine sichere Zuordnung fehlt.
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Hope & Confidence
Occasions: For Reflection
All quotes by John Arnott MacCulloch (3)
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