"How on earth did it come about that all the things denounced in the Gospels are violently defended by the Christian sects?"

-- Richard Aldington

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“the sluggish economy is creating a situation where the young people in Japan cannot cherish their desires or have prospects for their future. Also, the decline in Japan's economic capability is resulting in a declining presence for Japan's foreign policy as well. Accordingly, the duties and mission that I must fulfill are pretty clear: namely, to regain a strong and robust economy, and also to restore Japan's strong foreign policy capability.”

Source : "Interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.
“When you're desireless you are happy because you are never disappointed, you are never nervous. So to be desireless doesn't mean that you become something absurd or ascetic or anything like that, but not to expect something.”
“One wonders why Christians today get off so easily. Is it because unchristian Americans are that much better than unchristian Romans, or is our light so dim that the tormentor can't see it? What are the things we do that are worth persecuting?”

Source : Clarence Jordan (2003). “Essential Writings”
“I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.”
“I am not asking whether you know things about Him but do you know God, are you enjoying God, is God the centre of your life, the soul of your being, the source of your greatest joy? He is meant to be.”

Source : D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (2016). “Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures”, p.21, Zondervan
“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.”
“You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.”
“Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.”

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