"If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God's child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all."

-- J. I. Packer

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“If you want to know something, go elsewhere. If you want to un-know everything, then sit and listen.”
“We do not take humor seriously enough.”
“I haven't got a lot of patience.”
“I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was before. Or so I tell myself; and for now that is enough.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.400, Canongate Books
“Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal.”
“Fear is another emotion that is strongly suppressed. We cannot afford to be afraid, and so we don't allow ourselves to sense and feel the fear within us. We lower our brows to deny it, set our jaws to defy it, and smile to deceive ourselves. But inwardly we remain scared to death.”
“That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas.”
“There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.”

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