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> [There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a result of a search; it can come when we least look for it, just as it denies itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/there-is-no-reason-to-make-the-search-for-friendship-sound-like-an/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

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## More by Martin E. Marty

> [“Getting closer to home, is it a fully satisfying repentance if we only deal with the past, which cannot be changed? “Alas, what did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/getting-closer-to-home-is-it-a-fully-satisfying-repentance-if-we-only/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/there-is-no-reason-to-make-the-search-for-friendship-sound-like-an/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [“Of course, the Catholics also believed in grace and faith. But they disagreed on how grace and faith were effected and experienced and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/of-course-the-catholics-also-believed-in-grace-and-faith-but-they/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/the-people-who-are-good-at-being-civil-often-lack-strong-convictions/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [I have a hard time picturing several aspects of the modern world without Luther.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/i-have-a-hard-time-picturing-several-aspects-of-the-modern-world/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/god-through-jesus-christ-welcomes-you-anyhow/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [Not only do we cheat ourselves and those around us if we are only glum or always wary when it comes time to respond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/not-only-do-we-cheat-ourselves-and-those-around-us-if-we-are-only/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/don-t-try-to-impress-god-with-your-works-or-don-t-attempt-to-please/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/all-the-truly-deep-people-have-at-the-core-of-their-being-the-genius/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/even-the-cry-from-the-depths-is-an-affirmation-why-cry-if-there-is-no/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [The forces, movements, and energies that today we call religious, spiritual, or faith-based have related through the ages in diverse ways to the spheres…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/the-forces-movements-and-energies-that-today-we-call-religious/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/a-saint-has-to-be-a-misfit-a-person-who-embodies-what-his-culture/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [Each conquest of distance reveals greater distance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/each-conquest-of-distance-reveals-greater-distance/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

> [If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-e-marty/if-you-go-deep-enough-into-any-faith-tradition-you-find-the-common/)

[Martin E. Marty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-e-marty/)

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