“Let it not be imagined that a life of godliness must necessarily be a life of melancholy and gloominess; for a man only resigns some pleasures to enjoy others infinitely greater.”
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) in Day’s Collacon compiled and arranged by Edward Parsons Day (New York: IPPO, 1884) 329.
Jesus instructions to the rich man who came to him seeking life must not be mistaken for a pathway to destitution and poverty. They are invitation to take hold of true riches and life one hundred times better than anything wealth can offer (cf. Mark 10:17-31).