"I ... look at Jesus and see a humanity open to all that God is--open to life, open to love and open to being."

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John Shelby Spong

#Jesus Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Europeans believe in democracy - or, at least, in republican government - but they have considered the alternatives, and continue to do so, and that scandalizes Americans.”

Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, Chapter 2, The Challenge of Europe, p. 23, 1989.
“What you feed your mind determines your appetite.”
“You know how some people are unlucky in love? I was always unlucky in exercise. I'd get into a relationship with a workout program or guru, we'd go steady for a few intense months, and then we'd have a really ugly breakup.”
“Its build quality is superb, given that I am a novice to it 6 months ago and being heavy handed it stands up very well. I have trouble thinking of something I enjoy more than setting off and popping the kite and screaming downwind!”
“I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.”
“From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind.”
“Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it”
“It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.”

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