#incarnation

The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. For one who wanted to make a display the thing would have been just to appear and dazzle the beholders. But for Him Who came to heal and to teach the way was not merely to dwell here, but to put Himself at the disposal of those who needed Him, and to be manifested according as they could bear it, not vitiating the value of the Divine appearing by exceeding their capacity to receive it. ↗

— St. Athanasius of Alexandria

#jesus #men

Wert thou that just Maid who once before Forsook the hated earth, O tell me sooth, And cam'st again to visit us once more? Or wet thou that sweet smiling Youth? Or any other of the heavenly brood Let down in cloudy throne to do the world good? Or wert thou of the golden-winged host, Who, having clad thyself in human weed, To earth from thy prefixed seat didst post And after short abode fly back with speed As if to show what creatures heaven doth breed; Thereby to set the hearts of men on fire, To scorn the sorded world, and unto Heaven aspire? John Milton ↗

— John Milton

#reincarnation #weiss #love

If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#reincarnation #eating

Two years away. To an Incarnate, it's nothing. But when you have people who care about you, who you're excited about, each day becomes significant. ↗

— Avery Williams

#alchemy-of-forever #incarnate #incarnation #life #love

Reincarnation occurs because we decide that we haven't learned enough lessons. ↗

— Sylvia Browne

#decide #enough #haven #learned #lessons

For a long time, my subconscious rested in a dark place, ticking through memories like a jukebox selecting a record... ↗

— Chelsie Shakespeare

#dreams #love-story #reincarnation #death

They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#dimension #element #fascinate #first #i

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#attract #been #dress #had #incarnation

If you ask me, reincarnation is just another way to procrastinate. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#reincarnation #procrastination

Her (Mary's) Son first had to be the Child of the Father in order then to become man and be capable of taking up on his shoulders the burden of a guilty world. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#catholicism #christ #christianity #eternal-child #god