"You can fold up spiritually, morally, or intellectually……" — Robert Farrar Capon
"You can fold up spiritually, morally, or intellectually and still be safe. Because at the very worst, all you can be is dead —and for him who is the Resurrection and the Life, that just makes you his cup of tea."
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Robert Farrar Capon
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46 Quotes by Robert Farrar Capon
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Lord, please restore to us the comfort of merit and demerit. Show us that there is at least something we…
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A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is.
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Christianity is not a religion; it is the announcement of the end of religion.
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Christianity is not a religion. Christianity is the proclamation of the end of religion, not of a new religion, or…
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However much we hate the law, we are more afraid of grace
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Heaven is populated entirely by forgiven sinners
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A silent lover is one who doesn't know his job.
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