"Christ is the aperture through which the immensity and magnificence of God can be seen."

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Source : John Bertram Phillips (1964). “Your God is too small”, Scribner Paper Fiction

John Bertram Phillips

#Magnificence Quotes #Aperture Quotes #Christ Quotes

“As long as something wants to arise, let it. As long as something wants to last, let it. As soon as something wants to pass, let it.”
“Luckily, my children love broccoli, and although we sometimes enter into UN-like negotiations about how many 'trees' they need to eat before they can partake of ice cream, it is a vegetable that they tend to embrace.”
“I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.”
“People are, by and large, quite poor at judging correct absolute values but are astute about determining relative values. Psychologists call this coherent arbitrariness, which suggests that individuals are coherent when they compare prices on a relative basis but arbitrary when those prices are considered versus fundamental value.”
“In a world of injustice there's going to be dreams of justice.”

Source : "An Interview with James C. Scott | Harry G. West and Celia Plender". Gastronomica Interview, gastronomica.org. March 14, 2017.
“The Tarahumara would party like this all night, then rouse themselves the next morning to face off in a running race that could last not two miles, not two hours, but two full days. According to the Mexican historian Francisco Almada, a Tarahumara champion once ran 435 miles, the equivalent of setting out for a jog in New York City and not stopping till you were closing in on Detroit.”
“Vibrations never lie. A person could be saying one thing and yet, thinking another. Get to the point where you pay closer attention to the vibrations you are receiving rather than the words you are hearing. Intuition is one of the most valuable mental tools you possess. Begin to consciously use it. Your rewards will be worth the effort.”
“The life you had is nothing. It is the life you have that is important.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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