Others Move - Per Peterson Quote

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"I did not bring a television set out here with me, and I regret it sometimes when the evenings get long, but my idea was that living alone you can soon get stuck to those flickering images and to the chair you will sit on far into the night, and then time merely passes as you let others do the moving."

- Out Stealing Horses by Per Peterson, p. 105

What My Father Said - Per Peterson Quote

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"...realising in a sudden panic that what my father said and how thing really were, were not necessarily the same, and that made the world liquid and hard to hold onto."

- Out Stealing Horses by Per Peterson, p. 103

Do Something - Augustine Quote

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"God is said to be our helper. But no one can be helped unless he does something."

- Augustine quoted in Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick, p. 151

The End, Not the Means - John Piper Quote

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"Christ, the essence and image of God, is more to be desired than all his gifts. He is the end of our soul's savoring, not the means."

- John Piper quoted in How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by Leslie Vernick, p. 95

Fly Beyond the Stars - Francis Schaeffer Quote

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"The Christian is the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars."

- Francis Schaeffer quoted in Christian Imagination edited by Leland Ryken, p. 20

Threat to Justice - Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

- "Letters from a Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Unless - Eugene Peterson Quote

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"All the water in all the oceans cannot sink a ship unless it gets inside."

- Eugene H. Peterson quoted in How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by Leslie Vernick, p. 73

Brave Knights and Heroic Courage - CS Lewis Quote

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"Since it is likely that [children] will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage."

- C. S. Lewis quoted in Christian Imagination edited by Leland Ryken, p. 18

Doesn't Know How - Blaise Pascal Quote

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"I have often said that the sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room."

- Blaise Pascal quoted in Depression: a Spiritual Darkness by Edward T. Welch, p. 120

Wasted Life - John Piper Quote

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"The wasted life is the life without a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples."

- Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper, 31

Worthier - Henry David Thoreau Quote

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"It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning."

- Henry David Thoreau

Part of the Story - Eugene H Peterson Quote

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"But this is also part of the church as story. Not everyone wants to be in the story if she (or he) doesn't have a starring role."

- The Pastor by Eugene H. Peterson, p. 121

Christmas Is Not About - Dennis Bratcher Quote

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“[Christmas] is not about the "spirit of giving" or the quest for global peace, or the importance of family, or the beauty of a snow-decorated "silent night."… Amid the most unlikely of circumstances, to the most unlikely of people, God became a human being to reconcile all peoples to himself (2 Cor 5:18-19).”

- Dennis Bratcher

Elude Us - Edward T. Welch Quote

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"But the point is that we live in a culture that idolizes happiness, and if we idolize happiness, it will always elude us."

- Depression: a Spiritual Darkness by Edward T. Welch, p. 119

Logic and Imagination - John Piper Quote

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C.S. Lewis "...demonstrated for me and convinced me that vigorous, precise, penetrating logic is not opposed to deep, soul-stirring feeling and vivid, lively--even playful--imagination."

- Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper, p. 19

A Lie - Michelle Obama Quote

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"I don't know about you, but as a mother, wife, professional, campaign wife, whatever it is that's on my plate, I'm drowning. And nobody's talking about these issues. In my adult lifetime, I felt duped. People told me, 'You can do it all. Just stay the course, get your education, and you can raise a child, stay thin, be in shape, love your man, look good, and raise healthy children.' That was a lie."

- Michelle Obama, quoted in Ten Books that Screwed Up the World by Benjamin Wiker, p. 225

Poor Christian Fiction - Donald T Williams Quote

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"In America, evangelicals produce too many cheap imitations of Lewis and Tolkien on the one hand, and too many saccharine historical romances on the other."

- Donald T. Williams in Christian Imagination edited by Lyland Ryken, p. 19-20

Love, Don't Love - Eugene H Peterson Quote

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"I love being an American. I love this place in which I have been placed--its language, its history, its energy. But I don't love 'the American way,' its culture and values. I don't love the rampant consumerism that treats God as a product to be marketed."

- The Pastor by Eugene H. Peterson, p. 56

Wanting More - Alison Wearing Quote

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"When people have everything, they always want more."

- Iranian man quoted in Honeymoon in Purdah by Alison Wearing, p. 119

Much Higher Standard - Mosab Hassan Yousef Quote

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"Though not yet a Christian, I was really trying to follow the ethical teachings of Jesus. Allah had no problem with murder; in fact, he insisted on it. But Jesus held me to a much higher standard. Now I couldn't kill even a terrorist."

- Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef, p. 178