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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ. — Dallas Willard
If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish. — Richard Branson
Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. — Julian Barnes
Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they'll know it too. — Esther Freud
As Jesus explained, the right things have to die so the right things can live--we die to selfishness, greed, power, accumulation, prestige, and self-preservation, giving… — Jen Hatmaker
If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better. — Johan Cruijff
In scientific thought, the concept functions all the better for being cut off from all background images. In its full exercise, the scientific concept is… — Gaston Bachelard
The reality that is present to us and in us: call it being...Silence. And the simple fact that by being attentive, by learning to listen… — Thomas Merton
A wealth of knowledge is openly accessible in nature. Our ancestors knew this and embraced the natural cures found in the bosoms of the earth.… — Suzy Kassem
Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained. — Ferdinand Porsche
Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans. — Frank Luntz
What a man knows only through feeling can be explained only through enthusiasm. — Joseph Joubert
Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get… — Bob Uecker
Philemon explained how Jung treated thoughts as though they were generated by himself, while for Philemon thoughts were like animals in the forest, or people… — Stanislav Grof
There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens only… — Jean Francois Revel
All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it. — John Mulaney
Phyllis explained to him, trying to give of her deeper self, 'Don't you find it so beautiful, math? Like an endless sheet of gold chains,… — John Updike
Something that cannot be explained cannot be seen. — Heinz von Foerster
Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that each… — Michael Lewis

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