Provoking Quotes

443 quotes by 302 authors

One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them. — Elie Wiesel
If the victims are my problem, the killers are yours. — Elie Wiesel
We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems to be a… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop. — Mother Teresa
Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time. — James Russell Lowell
Trade is now clearly designed to favor the wealthiest and most powerful corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The three wealthiest people… — Jim Wallis
He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Water of life is gonna flow again/changed from the blood of heroes and knaves/Word mercy's gonna have a new meaning/ when we are judged by… — Bruce Cockburn
I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without… — Elie Wiesel
First they arrested the Communists - but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then they came for the Social Democrats - but… — Martin Niemoller
It took me a long time to understand that God is not the enemy of my enemies. God is not even the enemy of God's… — Martin Niemoller
Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. — Jaroslav Pelikan
In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all. — Hans Kung
Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel. — Martin Luther
We learn not in the school, but in life. — Seneca the Younger
Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less. — Francis Chan
Fear of God failing us leads us to "cover for God." This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less. — Francis Chan
Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers. — Francis Chan
If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment. — Francis Chan
Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says. — Francis Chan

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