"The strength of the church is not the strength of its institutions but the authenticity of its witness."

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Source : Leonard Sweet, Frank Viola (2012). “Jesus: A Theography”, p.156, Thomas Nelson

Leonard Sweet

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“Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must attack proliferation and those nations that proliferate with chemical, biological and nuclear type devices, because that can cause the most catastrophic results.”
“What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.”
“Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.”
“Laughter is born out of the discovery of the contradictory.”
“And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When I first started coming to New York in the early Nineties and seeing the vitality of the programme compared to what was going on back in London or Paris, it was just in a different league. It's like a 16th-century court.”
“Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.”

Source : "Father John Misty's Fear Fun" by Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. April 23, 2012.
“Feeling hearts--touch them but lightly--pour A thousand melodies unheard before.”

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