"Rabbi Kushner writes from a wealth of Jewish wisdom and pastoral devotion, but his theology is, I find, is wholly in keeping with contemporary Christian thought. So far as there is an answer to the conflict between the goodness of God and the bitterness of suffering, this is it"

-- Gerald Priestland

#Christian Quotes #Writing Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“We have, of course, long since ceased to think of Nature as the sympathetic mirror of our moods, or to imagine that she has any concern with the temporal affairs of man.”
“Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery that one has been deeply, persistently, and utterly wrong.”
“I don't know these people and they aren't my flowers.”
“Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they canâ€™t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.”
“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”

Source : Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.143, Macmillan
“I think at the age I'm at, it's really hard for a film career, and I'm at a point in my life where I thought it would be a good idea to be a part of a good show and to be able to finish school.”
“I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop.”
“Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.”

Source : Allan Lokos (2012). “Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living”, p.18, Penguin

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