Psychology Quote by John R.W. Stott

““Nowadays the really great mind is thought to be both broad and open – broad enough to absorb every fresh idea which is presented to it, and open enough to go on doing so for ever.””

John R.W. Stott

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“The power to save lies in the one who is gazed upon, not the one who does the looking.”

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