Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer, but I'm very good at editing. That's my specialty. I can read something and tell you everything that's… — Tracy Pollan Copy Share Image
![“Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba's child [a child of God] becomes ambiguous, tentative and confused” quote by Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dbb/brennan-manning-959_ambiguous_whenever-i-allow-anything-but-tenderness_2805528.jpg)
