“ There's an art in every labour. ”
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
~ Ellis Peters
The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand.
God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance.
Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.
