A Better Man - C.S. Lewis Quote

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"Glory be!" said the Cabby. "I'd ha' been a better man all my life if I'd known there were things like this."

- in reaction to the beautiful song of Aslan in The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis, p. 117

Unhurried Delight - Eugene Peterson Quote

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“Reading is an immense gift, but only if the words are assimilated, taken into the soul – eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.”

- Eugene Peterson

Most Valuable - Alison Wearing Quote

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"The most valuable lessons are always difficult. So are the most valuable lives."

- an old Iranian man quoted in Honeymoon in Purdah by Alison Wearing, p. 95

Never Satisfy - Mosab Hassan Yousef

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"I hope that someday money won't be a problem for me anymore, but I've learned that money alone will never satisfy me."

- Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef, p. 248

Close Companionship - Muriel Barbery Quote

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"The peace of mind one experiences on one's own, one's certainty of self in the serenity of solitude, are nothing in comparison to the release and openness and fluency one shares with another in close companionship."

- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, p. 277

Simple, Wrong Answer - HL Mencken Quote

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"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."

- H.L. Mencken quoted in The Pastor by Eugene H. Peterson, p. 59

Shout for Joy - Bible Quote

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"Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture."

- Psalm 100:1-3

Separated - Paul David Tripp Quote

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"It's not just your sin that separates you from God; your righteousness does as well. Because, when you are convinced you are righteous, you don't seek the forgiving, rescuing, and restoring mercy that can be found only in Jesus Christ."

- Whiter than Snow by Paul David Tripp, p. 22

Unnatural - Robert D Jones Quote

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"Being kind, compassionate, and forgiving will be difficult and unnatural for anyone who minimizes the thrilling force of the full pardon of Jesus gives his followers."

- Freedom from Resentment by Robert D. Jones, p. 12

Personal Law-Breaking - Edward T. Welch Quote

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"We don't think of most wrong doing as personal. If we break a law, we are not thinking that we violated city council, Congress or whatever body made the law. But biblical law-breaking is much more personal. It is more like adultery than speeding."

- Depression: a Spiritual Darkness by Edward T. Welch, p. 76-77

Main Thing - John Piper Quote

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"The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance--a life defined by the question, 'What is permissible?'--felt almost disgusting to me....I wanted to understand the main thing about life and pursue it."

- Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper, p. 14

Teach What He Taught - Michael Ramsey Quote

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"I'm not really free to disagree or reinterpret Jesus. I am committed as his follower to teach what he has taught."

- Michael Ramsey, archbishop of Canterbury, quoted in Ancient-Future Faith by Robert E. Webber, p. 190

Taken Away - A. W. Tozer Quote

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"When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all very nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross."

- A.W. Tozer

Worth Living for - Elisabeth Elliot Quote

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"There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for."

- Elisabeth Elliot

Restraint and Stability - Bristol Palin Quote

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"The connection between sexual restraint and emotional stability for girls and women is especially important..."

- Not Afraid of Life by Bristol Palin, p. 251

Comfortable Religion - CS Lewis Quote

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‎"If you want a religion to make you feel comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity."

- C.S. Lewis

Ice-Axe - Franz Kafka Quote

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“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it?…A book must be like an ice-axe to break the frozen sea within us.”

- Franz Kafka

Transcendent Moments - John Milton Quote

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"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."

- John Milton

Make Me Another - Alison Wearing Quote

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"Why, it is not good question. Please make me another question."

- Hamid's response when asked about a custom, quoted in Honeymoon in Purdah by Alison Wearing, p. 33

State of Full Adulthood - Muriel Barbery Quote

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"If you imagine that getting high at a party and sleeping around is going to propel you into a state of full adulthood, that's like thinking that dressing up as an Indian is going to make you an Indian."

- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, 192

Enemies Inside - Mosab Hassan Yousef Quote

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"As long as we continue to search for enemies anywhere but inside ourselves, there will always be a Middle East problem."

- Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef, p. 250

Forever - Emily Dickinson Quote

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"Forever – is composed of Nows"

- Emily Dickinson

Fulfilled Life - Ann Kiemel Anderson Quote

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"only one thing is the real secret to a happy, centered, fulfilled life: making Jesus LORD. if He is our greatest desire...if we delight in HIM...then we can be positive and radiant and joyful and whole wherever He choose us to serve."

- I Gave God Time by Ann Kiemel Anderson, p. 129-130

Goes Nowhere - Frank A. Clark Quote

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"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."

- Frank A. Clark

Yet Another Thing - Newspaper Quote

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“But we created this child in such an artificial manner — in a test tube, choosing an egg donor, having the embryo placed in me — and somehow, making a decision about how many to carry seemed to be just another choice. The pregnancy was all so consumerish to begin with, and this became yet another thing we could control.”

- Jenny, quoted in "The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy" by Ruth Padawer, The New York Times, August 10, 2011

Only One Life - Poem

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"Only one life,

'Twill soon be past;

Only what's done

for Christ will last."

- plaque quoted in Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper, 12-13

Mistaken Impression - Edward T Welch Quote

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"We are under the mistaken impression that divine love cannot coexist with human pain."

- Depression: a Stubborn Darkness by Edward T. Welch, p. 70

Unpursued Dream - Frank Papasso Quote

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"Having a dream you don’t pursue is like buying an ice cream cone and watching it melt all over your hand."

- Frank Papasso

Making a Choice - William James Quote

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"When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice."

- William James

Everyone But Me - CS Lewis Quote

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"You mean that little boys ought to keep their promises. Very true: most right and proper, I'm sure, and I'm very glad you have been taught to do it. But of course you must understand that rules of that sort, however excellent they may be for little boys--and servants--and women--and even people in general, can't possibly be expected to apply to profound students and great thinkers and sages. No, Digory. Men like me, who possess hidden wisdom, are freed from common rules just as we are cut off from common pleasures."

- Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis, p. 20-21

Radical and Countercultural - Robert Webber Quote

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"However, the calling of the church is not to 'clean up America for God,' but to be the church, a radical countercultural communal presence in society."

- Ancient-Future Faith by Robert Webber, p. 167