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From Quotes by Bede Griffiths
- ...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom of…
- In his (Christ's) surrender on the cross all the pain and agony of mankind was concentrated at a single point, and passed through from death…
- God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift to bring to…
- This process of change since my stroke has been very gradual. It is going on all the time... It is partly a physical transformation. The…
- Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of…
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