Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. SayersRead
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True understanding of God's love comes from recognizing our imperfections and learning through personal experience.
This quote highlights the idea that an authentic experience of divine love requires self-awareness of our flaws and wickedness. Dorothy L. Sayers suggests that simply teaching others about God's love is insufficient; rather, individuals must go through their own journey of realization and learning to fully comprehend the depth of love and grace that exists.
Themes
LoveAwarenessExperienceSelf-ReflectionGod
In practice
Example use cases
A pastor might use this quote to encourage their congregation to seek personal growth and understanding.
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. . . the fellow's got a bee in his bonnet. Thinks God's a secretion of the liver--all right once in a way, but there's no need to keep on about it. There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.
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You're thinking that people don't keep up old jealousies for twenty years or so. Perhaps not. Not just primitive, brute jealousy. That means a word and a blow. But the thing that rankles is hurt vanity. That sticks. Humiliation. And we've all got a sore spot we don't like to have touched.
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What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person.
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[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account.
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