"There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility."

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Karl Lehmann

#Agency Quotes #Church Quotes #Yardsticks Quotes

“What humans want most of all, is to be right. Even if we're being right about our own doom. If we believe there are monsters around the next corner ready to tear us apart, we would literally prefer to be right about the monsters, than to be shown to be wrong in the eyes of others and made to look foolish.”

Source : David Wong (2012). “This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It”, p.20, Macmillan
“The author's opinions do not necessarily coincide with his point of view.”

Source : Victor Pelevin (2002). “Homo Zapiens”, p.9, Penguin
“But regardless of our circumstances, they do not define us - not unless we give in and let them. Circumstances never determine who we are; they reveal who we are.”
“My favorite thing to do is transform. The further the character is away from me the more I enjoy it.”
“You win the fight in the training camp, not on the day of the fight.”
“I strongly believe the DREAM Act should require the completion of a degree.”
“It can't be pretty without being ugly first.”
“Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.”

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