John Elof Boodin famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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We are called upon to become creators, to make the world new.
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Give humanity hope and it will dare and suffer joyfully, not counting the cost - hope with laughter on her banner and on her face the fresh beauty of morning.
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The pangs of pain, of failure, in this mortal lot, are the birth-throes of transition to better things. We are separated for a time by the indifference of space and our blindness which particularizes and isolates us. But in us is a longing for unity.
-- John Elof Boodin
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Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.
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And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.
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I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.
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Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.
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We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.
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Be a creator of circumstances rather than just a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive.
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As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
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Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you.
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A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.
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