“Whatever may be the mysteries of life and death, there is one mystery which the cross of Christ reveals to us, and that is the infinite and absolute goodness of God. Let all the rest remain a mystery so long as the mystery of the cross of Christ gives us faith for all the rest.”

—  Charles Kingsley

Source: Attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 262.

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English clergyman, historian and novelist 1819–1875

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