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"Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, 'God told me...' As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness."
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"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."
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"To make mistakes or be wrong is human. To admit those mistakes shows you have the ability to learn, and are growing wiser."
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"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."
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"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self."
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"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."
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"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."
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"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."
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"Every man I meet is in some way my superior."
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"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."
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"The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient."
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"The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either."
Healing
"Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father."
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"The humble woman is surprised by all the good that she sees around her rather than scandalized by what she cannot judge anyway. The humble woman is grateful for her successes but not disheartened by her failures. She enjoys her gifts and readily admits her mistakes. She maintains a sense of humor, whether the news from Wall Street is giddy or glum. She faces her character defects without getting discouraged. Her humble confidence in God's love and her enchantment with the kabod Yahweh shape a hedge of thorns against self - absorption and frees her for an unselfconscious presence to others."
Humility
"Everybody has a vocation to some form of life - work. However, behind that call (and deeper than any call), everybody has a vocation to be a person to be fully and deeply human in Christ Jesus."
Purpose
"The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self - righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace."
Consequence
"The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self - absorption and self - sufficiency... God's sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed."
Fear
"Several times in my ministry people have expressed the fear that self - acceptance will abort the ongoing conversion process and lead to a life of spiritual laziness and moral laxity. Nothing could be more untrue. The acceptance of self does not mean to be resigned to the status quo. On the contrary, the more fully we accept ourselves, the more successfully we begin to grow. Love is a far better stimulus than threat or pressure."
Self
"On one level, a roomful of men is always a dangerous thing. Competition is usually in the air, so the potential for violence is always nearby."
Anger
"How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin - scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car."
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