THE LENGTH OF SORROW

'Sorrow is the longest thing in life...'
Niall Williams, Time of the Child, p.238.

THE LIMITS OF A THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION

'In the seminary there had been no preparations for this, first, because none of the teachers were married, none knew first-hand of the numberless ways human relations could go wrong, or acknowledged that one plus one did not always equal two, and second, because once that book was openened, once you started a chapter What to do if, no one would ever get to ordination.'

Niall Williams, Time of the Child, p.234.

REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE, MOURN WITH THOSE WHO MOURN

'Love never stands aloof from other people's joys or pains. Love identifies with them, sings with them and suffers with them. Love enters deeply into their experiences and their emotions, their laughter and their tears, and feels solidarity with them, whatever their mood.'

John Sott, The Message of Romans, p.333.

THE TROUBLES OF RICHES

'Riches cannot buy a cheerful spirit and a light heart. There are troubles in the getting of them, troubles in the keeping of them, troubles in the using of them, troubles in the disposing of them, troubles in the gathering of them, and troubles in the scattering of them.'

JC Ryle, Happiness, p.20.

TRUE HAPPINESS

'To be truly happy, a person's highest needs must be met and satisfied. The requirements of our wonderously created constition must all be met.'

JC Ryle, Happiness, p.14.