“Every creature expresses in itself a thought  of God.. And since God’s thought is of God.. And since God’s thought is  perfect and complete, it follows that every  creature, by nature and form, includes in  itself all perfection and completeness. True,  we are in the habit of speaking of some of  God’s creatures as repulsive. But this is  very foolish.”

(Innocent, Archbishop of Kherson  in ‘The Devout Russian’ quote collection)