The Alcoholic

For the temperate man an occasional glass of wine is a treat...But to the alcoholic, whose palate and digestion have long since been destroyed, no liquor gives any pleasure except that of relief from an unbearable craving. So far as he can still discern tastes at all, he rather dislikes it; but it is better than the misery of remaining sober.

- C. S. Lewis

The Inevitable and the Avoidable

Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.

- David Briner

Thank God

Thank God, we are nowise bound to accept any man's explanation of God's ways and God's doings, however good the man may be, if it do not commend itself to our conscience.

- George MacDonald