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People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them, but who also therefore had to solve their own problems… — Alice Miller
Few of us are satisfied with retreating from the world and just working on ourselves. We want our training to manifest and to be of… — Pema Chodron
A long time ago, Descartes sad, â€œI think, therefore I am.â€ But if you are not thinking, what? — Seungsahn
When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can… — Chogyam Trungpa
No matter what happens, it will, then, always remain secret: only I know exactly the weight and force of the covenants I have made --… — Hugh Nibley
Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends… — Arthur Schopenhauer
What is 'grace'? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share… — Thomas Merton
People who have a creative side and do not live it out are most disagreeable clients. They make a mountain out of a molehill, fuss… — Marie-Louise von Franz
The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because one believes in its reality,… — Mircea Eliade
It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner. You can understand… — Arthur Machen
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. — George Ryan
Food is Essential to life, therefore make it good. — S. Truett Cathy
People want to recommend themselves to God by their sincerity; they think, 'If we do all we can, if we are but sincere, Jesus Christ… — George Whitefield
I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of… — Jasper Johns
Because a work does not aim at reproducing natural appearances it is not, therefore, an escape from life -- but may be a penetration into… — Henry Moore
But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world maintains that no… — Knut Hamsun
True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
Imagination is a God-given gift; but if it is fed dirt by the eye, it will be dirty. All sin, not least sexual sin, begins… — D. A. Carson
Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved in Scripture; and… — John Stott
When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is the… — John Stott

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