"I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example."

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Source : "Father Andrew Greeley Extended Interview". Interview With Judy Valente, www.pbs.org. May 10, 2002.

Andrew Greeley

#Thinking Quotes #Example Quotes #Kind Quotes

“When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called, her Eva--that is to say, the Mother of All. He did not style her wife, but simply mother--mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman.”
“Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind.”
“I am here wrongfully convicted and wrongfully sentenced.”
“Granpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said privately to me that there was always some damn fool making up a word that served no purpose except to cause trouble.”

Source : Forrest Carter (2001). “The Education of Little Tree”, p.37, UNM Press
“Leadership is about coping with change”
“Why certainly I'd like to have that fellow who hits a home run every time at bat, who strikes out every opposing batter when he's pitching, who throws strikes to any base or the plate when he's playing outfield and who's always thinking about two innings ahead just what he'll do to baffle the other team. Any manager would want a guy like that playing for him. The only trouble is to get him to put down his cup of beer and come down out of the stands and do those things.”
“Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self compassion.”

Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.25, The Floating Press
“And we need to share our story. Not with everyone but with someone. There is someone who is like you were. And he or she needs to know what God can do. Your honest portrayal of your past may be the courage for another's future.”

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