"Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?"

-- Martin Luther

#Christian Quotes #Church Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and his feelings as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.”
“People we love must be loved as they are. It is a want both of wisdom and courage on our part - a sort of drug - this wilful blindness, to blame them, because they fail our vision of them ...”

Source : Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1922). “My Life and Some Letters”
“The photograph doesn't claim to be a participant, or to know, or to be a club member of whatever it's documenting - photography is more demanding when it doesn't pretend to know.”
“Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective democracy.”
“Making is the mirror in which we see ourselves.”

Source : Frank Bidart (2002). “Music Like Dirt”, p.14, Sarabande Books
“The full bibliography of pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American struggle published in the colonies through the year 1776 contains not a dozen or so items but over four hundred; ...”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.9, Harvard University Press
“Passion is loving something enough to suffer for it.”
“Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.”

Source : "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter 9), 1969.

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