"One thing about religious truths is that we have to take them on faith, and faith needs reassurance. What’s more reassuring than noticing that some other people, whom you admire, are so certain that it’s all true that they’re willing to go the ultimate mile?"

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Source : "A Double Take on Early Christianity". Interview with Mike Aquilina, touchstonemag.com. January 2000.

Rodney Stark

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“I'm a very good packer, but I probably take too much in the way of toiletries. You only really need a toothbrush, as most places you go to have a bar of soap and some shampoo.”
“The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.”

Source : "'My only ambition is to lead a good life. Full stop'". Interview With Cole Moreton, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2009.
“I surrender my anxiety and my sense of urgency. I allow God to guide me in the pacing of my life. I open my heart to God's timing. I release my deadlines, agendas, and stridency to the gentle yet often swift pacing of God. As I open my heart to God's unfoldings, my heart attains peace. As I relax into God's timing, my heart contains comfort. As I allow God to set the tone and schedule of my days, I find myself in the right time and place, open and available to God's opportunities.”

Source : Julia Cameron (1997). “Heart Steps”, p.48, Penguin
“The biggest mistake we make is trying to square the way we feel about something today with the way we felt about it yesterday. You shouldnâ€™t even bother doing it. You should just figure out the way you feel today and if it happens to comply with what you thought before, fine. If it contradicts it, whatever. Life goes on.”
“I was jealous; therefore I loved.”
“I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.”
“I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous.”
“The kind of precision manufacturing epitomized in the armories, while it was important, was only a small share of the economy until quite late in the century. Large-scale natural resource development and processing was the name of the game.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

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