"The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss."

Religion, First, Loss, Weakness

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"The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ, is that he is more clearly aware than other men of the rebelliousness and perennial pride of the flesh, he is conscious of his sloth and self-indulgence and knows that his arrogance must be eradicated. Hence there is a need for daily self-discipline."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

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"The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish to live if there were no resurrection from the dead."

John Piper, American Clergyman

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"Jesus Christ lives in all people. We are citizens of one world."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Superstition is the religion of feeble minds."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week."

Alice Walker, American Author

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"Man is only a forgetful mortal, but God - He sees, hears and remembers everything."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"A lot of Christian extremism has done a great deal to discredit religion the main religious traditions have abandoned their own intellectual cultures so drastically that no one has any sense of it other than the fringe."

Marilynne Robinson, American Author

Religion, Culture, Faith, Intellect

"Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus- not love for Jesus Himself."

Oswald Chambers, Scottish Theologian

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"The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus; it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

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"You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality."

Eckhart Tolle, German Author

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"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it."

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"An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning."

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"Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living."

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"How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves."

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"What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer."

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"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others."

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"The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish to live if there were no resurrection from the dead."

"Jesus Christ lives in all people. We are citizens of one world."

"Superstition is the religion of feeble minds."

"Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week."

"Man is only a forgetful mortal, but God - He sees, hears and remembers everything."

"A lot of Christian extremism has done a great deal to discredit religion the main religious traditions have abandoned their own intellectual cultures so drastically that no one has any sense of it other than the fringe."

"Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus- not love for Jesus Himself."

"The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus; it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus."

"You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality."

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"Man proposes, but God disposes."

"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it."

"An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning."

"What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?"

"Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame."

"He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure."

"Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living."

"How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves."

"What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer."

"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others."