"They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment."

-- Pietro Aretino

#Suffering Quotes #Contentment Quotes #Merit Quotes

“Illnesses which occur because of physical causes should be treated by doctors with medical remedies; those which are due to spiritual causes disappear through spiritual means. Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively by spiritual rather than physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of treatment should be followed; they are not contradictory.”
“The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.”

Source : "The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical". Book by Shane Claiborne, 2006.
“How can we find spiritual meaning in a scientific worldview? Spirituality is a way of being in the world, a sense of oneâ€™s place in the cosmos, a relationship to that which extends beyond oneself. . . . Does scientific explanation of the world diminish its spiritual beauty? I think not. Science and spirituality are complementary, not conflicting; additive, not detractive. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades. (158-159)”
“My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.”
“Kill them all and let God sort them out.”
“And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted.”
“I would never be on a reality show.”
“Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold; a woman adds to it her sympathy.”

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