“Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. Cogito, ergo Deus est,'says St. Augustine, I think, therefore God is.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross“There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“But she had known, better than anyone else, what demons he had faced, had known how hard he had fought to free himself from them. That he had lost the fight in the end made the struggle no less honorable.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. Cogito, ergo Deus est,'says St. Augustine, I think, therefore God is.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“It was a child's awareness, never spoken or even fully acknowledged, but deeply felt.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan“Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.”
Donna Woolfolk Cross, Pope Joan