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Purpose Quotes by Timothy Keller
- Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful.…
- Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by…
- The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s…
- Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but…
- In short, the enlightenment privatized marriage, taking it out of the public sphere, and redefined its purpose as individual gratification, not any 'broader good' such…
- Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories.
- The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
- The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of pleasure. The purpose…
- The purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
- Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
More Purpose Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann
- Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that… — Arthur W. Pink
- If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the… — C.S. Lewis
- God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you… — Rumi
- If a person forges ahead in the light and yet has lost his care for the others, the purpose of the light… — Johan Oscar Smith
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle