Idolatry has two faults. It is not only a slur on the true God; it is also an insult to true things.
The heaviest weight on the shoulders of the earth is still the age-old idolatry by which man has cheated himself of both Creator and creation.
Robert Farrar Capon, The Supper of the Lamb
Man’s real work is to look at the things of the world and to love them for what they are. That is, after all, what God does, and man was not made in God’s image for nothing.
Robert Farrar Capon, The Supper of the Lamb
Location is accidental to its deepest meaning. What really matters is not where we are, but who - what real beings - are with us.
Robert Farrar Capon, The Supper of the Lamb
Interest in results never conquers boredom with process.
Robert Farrar Capon, The Supper of the Lamb
The graces of the world are the looks of a woman in love; without the woman they could not be there at all; but without her lover they would not quicken into loveliness.
Robert Farrar Capon, The Supper of the Lamb