"We should not open our mouths too hastily upon approaching God. On the contrary, we first must ask God to show us what and how to pray before we make our request known to Him. Have we not consumed a great deal of time in the past asking for what we wanted? Why not now ask for what God wants?"

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Source : "The Spiritual Man".

Watchman Nee

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“Revolution is a spectators sport. The majority will sit in the stands and watch the factions fight. At the end they will choose side with the team that is winning.”
“In the world take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return. Give love, give help, give service, give any little thing you can, but keep out barter. Make no conditions and none will be imposed on you. Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us.”
“Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelseaâ€™s goal for many years. I had in my hands a 22-year-old goalkeeper I thought could be in Chelseaâ€™s goals for years and years and years and this situation is quite similar.”
“Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth, as one of the worst enemies of mankind.”
“Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.”
“It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.”

Source : Virginia Satir (1988). “The new peoplemaking”, Science & Behavior Books
“Victor Hugo makes one of his heroines--an actress--say, "My art endows me with a searching eye, a knowledge of the soul and the soul's workings; and, spite of all your skill, I read to the depths." This is a truth more or less powerful, as one is more or less gifted by the good God.”
“It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.”

Source : Russell Lynes (1991). “Life in the slow lane: observations on art, architecture, manners and other such spectator sports”, Harpercollins

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