"With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful reaction against ourselves. But it undermines the moral legitimacy of our current government. That is the path we need to pursue. Rather than reinforcing their legitimacy we need to undermine their legitimacy."

-- Tim DeChristopher

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“I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.”
“You wake up because you killed someone and you're afraid of going to jail. And the moment you wake up you feel safe and it's over and you can meet that person in the street and you're not going to jail. The good thing about dreams is that they erase some kind of desire, because after your dreams you feel you've done it, and you're relieved.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed itâ€”His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 16, 2016
“Perfection is what we create in our own mind. I prefer the flaw.”
“It's not always about the money.”
“Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.”
“Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.”

Source : Jonathan Edwards (2009). “The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards: From His Private Notebook”, p.30, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.”

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