"The loss of transcendence has left in its wake the flotsam of distrustful, cynical Christians, angry at a capricious God, and the jetsam of smug bibilolatrists who claim to know precisely what God is thinking and exactly what he plans to do."

-- Brennan Manning

#Christian Quotes #Loss Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.”
“To some extent we are all the prisoners of stereotypes; we see each other in terms of distorted and oversimplified images. Better communication in the realm of ideas, of the arts, and of science can help refashion these false images. And by seeing more clearly we may act more wisely.”

Source : Chester Bowles (1962). “The Conscience of a Liberal”
“I've never really been the type of person who worries much about what people think of me.”
“Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them.”
“If money's the god people worship, I'd rather go worship the devil instead.”
“Almost everyone is bald. And thats because of what they eat.”
“It gave me great pleasure to think that I could take wood, make it good, and make people like Rockefeller buy it with paper money.”
“We all have defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true characters. We become heroes or cowards; truth tellers or liars; we go forward or we go backward.”

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