"No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do."

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Source : Karl Barth (1967). “Church Dogmatics: The doctrine of God. 2 pts”

Karl Barth

“While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea], not having invented their phrases for themselves, but having testimony from their fathers, wrote as they did. For ancient bishops, of the great Rome and our city [i.e., Alexandria, Egypt, where Athanasius was bishop], some 130 years ago, wrote and censured those who said that the Son was a creature and not consubstantial with the Father.”
“An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.”
“New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It's a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.”
“If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.”

Source : Andrew V. Mason (2002). “And Or Love”, p.46, Trafford Publishing
“The NCI sent (,)...to review our funding(,)...people connected with the nuclear establishment...It was a pretty much foregone conclusion, that if you send people in to review the funding, who stand most to be hurt by this research, the funding will be denied.”
“Just because it's a dream doesn't mean it's a lie.”

Source : Brent Weeks (2009). “Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel”, p.75, Hachette UK
“I've spent my whole life worrying about the human-computer interface, so I don't want to suggest that what we have today is even close to acceptable.”
“Being a twin, and being my sister's twin, is such a defining part of my life that I wouldn't know how to be who I am, including a writer, without that being somehow at the centre.”

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