"Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable; He did not come to improve the improvable; He did not come to reform the reformable. None of those things works."

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Source : "30 Good Minutes", www.30goodminutes.org. October 31, 1993.

Robert Farrar Capon

#Jesus Quotes #Reform Quotes #Christ Quotes

“Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.”
“I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.”
“Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.”
“He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.”

Source : Selma Lagerlöf (1914). “The Story of Gösta Berling”
“Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.”
“We have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it's a sad story, as if we didn't know it's a sad story. There isn't a single cool newsreader.”
“I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.”
“The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides - only the heart truly binds.”

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