“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis
Everyday Enlightenment 
“Even the most humane and compassionate of the monotheisms and polytheisms are complicit in this quiet and irrational authoritarianism: they proclaim us, in Fulke Greville’s unforgettable line, “Created sick — Commanded to be well.” And there are totalitarian insinuations to back this up if its appeal should fail.”
Christopher Hitchens, Letter to a Young Contrarian (2001).
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao Tzu