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Quotes by Theologian
"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."
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"Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is."
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"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."
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"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
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"Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned."
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"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."
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"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine."
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"When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only."
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"Jealousy is the grave of affection."
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"Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community."
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"Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us."
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"Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel."
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"We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins."
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"He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory."
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"In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians."
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"Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past."
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"I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it."
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"It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart."
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"Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him."
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"Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism."
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"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory."
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"All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors."
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"I believe that in the end the truth will conquer."
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"How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt."
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"The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries."
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"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings."
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"As society advances the standard of poverty rises."
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"In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty."
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"In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that."
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"Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy."
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"Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality."
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"Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him."
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"Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God."
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"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today."
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"Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."
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"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
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"Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door."
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"I have to go on being a priest and bishop, that is, to celebrate God and what God has done in Jesus, and to offer in God's name whatever I can discern of God's perspective on the world around - something which involves both challenge and comfort."
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"Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters."
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"I see with greater and greater clearness that consistent Christianity is the easiest Christianity to defend."
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"In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country."
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"Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back."
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"Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent."
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"Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt."
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"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
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"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."
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