"One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological."

-- Brennan Manning

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“As a kid growing up and seeing so much strife taking place in society, and particularly on Blacks and people of color, I had an opportunity as a young man to witness the change that was taking place in Harlem, the exodus of white folks leaving Harlem, which I thought was a very cohesive situation. But they felt that they needed to leave.”

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“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.”
“One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.”
“Both total accommodation to the culture and total resistance to it are usually signs of intellectual sickness.”
“A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.”
“God gives the world enough of what it needs. All He asks is that we distribute what He gives.”
“If we're not counting kids' movies - because my kid is constantly watching The Jungle Book - I would have to say Wall Street.”
“Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.”

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