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> [Providence The will of God acting together with human will. But he respects our will absolutely. He does not force. Love never forces. It only invites. ... There is a war between good and](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/providence-the-will-of-god-acting-together-with-human-will-but-he/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

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## More by Michael O'Brien

> [Corrupt fantasy points us, or forms us, in a consciousness that can lead to thinking that evil is good and good is evil. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/corrupt-fantasy-points-us-or-forms-us-in-a-consciousness-that-can/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [J.K. Rowling is a talented storyteller, but she has also used the style and technique of modern television and cinema media, which seizes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/j-k-rowling-is-a-talented-storyteller-but-she-has-also-used-the-style/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [“I am coming to see that it is not so much a question of finding the right place, the right time, the ideal marriage.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/i-am-coming-to-see-that-it-is-not-so-much-a-question-of-finding-the/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [“I have been defeated, and in the defeat I have won myself. It is a pleasure to die at the hands of Life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/i-have-been-defeated-and-in-the-defeat-i-have-won-myself-it-is-a/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [Harry Potter represents a much larger wave of cultural revolution that we're all immersed in, and I believe it's a spiritual revolution as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/harry-potter-represents-a-much-larger-wave-of-cultural-revolution/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [I knew there would be some controversy over the 'Potter' series between religious people and secular-minded people - that was inevitable - what astonished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/i-knew-there-would-be-some-controversy-over-the-potter-series-between/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [Love cannot long survive without truth. Nor is truth really truth unless it is integrated with love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/love-cannot-long-survive-without-truth-nor-is-truth-really-truth/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [There are indeed 'values' in the Harry Potter series, but they're confused with anti-values. Potterworld is a scrambled moral universe. There are Christian symbols…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/there-are-indeed-values-in-the-harry-potter-series-but-they-re/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [Genuine freedom is possible only where there is genuine love. And genuine love is not possible without truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/genuine-freedom-is-possible-only-where-there-is-genuine-love-and/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [If creators of Christian culture hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true source -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/if-creators-of-christian-culture-hope-to-produce-work-that-will-bear/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [Imagination is a screen onto which the evil spirits can 'project' images, temptations presented as stimulating entertainments, offering us pleasurable rewards if we give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/imagination-is-a-screen-onto-which-the-evil-spirits-can-project/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [My Catholic faith is my life. Any artist, if he is to be faithful to how he perceives the world and to the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/my-catholic-faith-is-my-life-any-artist-if-he-is-to-be-faithful-to/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [Healthy fiction, no matter how wildly it may depart from the material order, teaches us to love ourselves in a wholesome manner by loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/healthy-fiction-no-matter-how-wildly-it-may-depart-from-the-material/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [We must become a people who are in submission, that is, submitted completely to the mission of the Church, 'in statu missionis.' Thus, living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/we-must-become-a-people-who-are-in-submission-that-is-submitted/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

> [Providence The will of God acting together with human will. But he respects our will absolutely. He does not force. Love never forces. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-o-brien/providence-the-will-of-god-acting-together-with-human-will-but-he/)

[Michael O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-o-brien/)

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