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Walter Brueggemann has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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And when we take ourselves too seriously, we are grim about the brothers and sisters, especially the dissenting ones, and there will…
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Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is…
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Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.
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Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system…
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The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of…
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The gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the gospel.
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When serious people of good faith disagree, they've got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of…
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People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or…
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Imagination is a danger thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep…
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We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the…
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The power of the future lies not in the hands of those who believe in scarcity but of those who trust God's…
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We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another…
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I guess I'd like to be known for being an innovator, fostering creativity, thinking outside the box. You know, keeping people playful.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
— Thomas Aquinas
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In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has…
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Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of…
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The rules are: The more playful we get, the more we can get rid of the rules.
— Hans Zimmer
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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art…
— Eric Hoffer
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All scientific knowledge to which man owes his role as master of the world arose from playful activities.
— Konrad Lorenz
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Your soul is infinitely creative. It is alive and expansive in nature. It is curious and playful, changing with the tides of…
— Debbie Ford
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Laughter is such a healthy exercise. Somebody is laughing - that's perfectly good exercise, join him. Somebody is being playful - if…
— Rajneesh
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Never misunderstand seriousness for sincerity. Sincerity is very playful, never serious. It is true, authentic, but never serious. Sincerity does not have…
— Rajneesh
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If you find a saint who has no sense of humour, then he is not a saint at all. Impossible. His very…
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The playfulness that I talk about comes very slowly. You cannot just jump out of your seriousness which you have accumulated for…
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