But the cathedral is not finished and nor will it ever be. Just as human perfection is something we all strive for and can never attain, so this church will forever be changing, growing, crumbling at times; an ongoing legacy of our feeble efforts to touch God. A cathedral, my friends, is neither stone nor statues nor even a place of prayer. It is a continuum of creation, beautiful work, that pray God will never end.
Bruder Philip of Gwynedd, The Pillars of The Earth (Season 1 Episode 8: The Work of Angels)
(Source: cius)