"Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve……" — Rowan Williams
"Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do."
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61 Quotes by Rowan Williams
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In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.
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Christian teaching about sex is not a set of isolated prohibitions; it is an integral part of what the Bible…
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I have to go on being a priest and bishop, that is, to celebrate God and what God has done…
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Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.
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The past is what the present is doing now.
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Our present ecological crisis, the biggest single practical threat to our human existence in the middle to long term, has,…
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I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy,…
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When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.
— Bono
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Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one…
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If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know…
— Philip Yancey
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It occurred to me that building a company was the best way to align a group of people towards building…
— Mark Zuckerberg
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When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behaviour that compromises…
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Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.
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It was, just as Kinski had predicted, suicide. He should never have done it. It is widely held by those…
— Cintra Wilson
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As we strive to align our attitudes and actions with righteousness, then the Holy Ghost becomes for us today what…
— David A. Bednar
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What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If…
— Walter Lippmann
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When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves…
— Barack Obama
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Your mind, emotions and body are instruments and the way you align and tune them determines how well you play…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align; To whisper - both of…
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