Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Quote I Like

I like this quote from Frank Sheed.

"Who's Frank Sheed," you ask.

"I have no idea," I reply.

But, the quote is good. I found it on the Bayly blog along with a link to a good article by Charles J. Chaput who is the Roman Catholic archbishop of Denver. Here's the Sheed quote:

"It’s incredible how long science has succeeded in keeping men’s minds off their fundamental unhappiness and its own very limited power to remedy their fundamental unhappiness. One marvel follows another—electric light, phonograph, motor car, telephone, radio, airplane, television. It’s a curious list, and very pathetic. The soul of man is crying for hope of purpose or meaning; and the scientist says, “Here is a telephone” or “Look, television!”—exactly as one tries to distract a baby crying for its mother by offering it sugar-sticks and making funny faces."

1 comment:

Linda said...

In case you were wondering, Frank Sheed was a street evangelist in Hyde Park in London as well as an apologist. And, he hung out with G. K. Chesterton. Born in 1897 and died in 1981.

Thank you Google.