"Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself."

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Source : Haniel Long (1950). “A letter to St. Augustine: after re-reading his confessions”

Haniel Long

#Taken Quotes #Society Quotes #Needs Quotes

“If I was renowned as as tough coach, I also wanted to be a caring one”
“I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.”
“Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.”
“The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves you and me is nothing short of astonishing.”
“We have lost the art of public tenderness, these small gestures of wiping and washing; we have forgotten how abjectly the body welcomes a formal touch.”
“The world is full of men who want to be right, when actually the secret of a man's strength and his pathway to true honor is his ability to admit fault when he has failed. God wants to fill the church with men who can say they are wrong when THEY ARE WRONG. A man who is willing to humble himself before God and his family and say: "I was wrong." will find that his family has all the confidence in the world in him and will much more readily follow him. If he stubbornly refuses to repent or admit he was wrong, their confidence in him and in his leadership erodes.”
“Never expect anybody - except possibly your analyst - to be as thrilled about your sex life as you are.”
“There are rare Christians whose very presence incites others to be better Christians. I want to be that rare Christian.”

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