"Christ lived the life we could not live and took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist."

-- Max Lucado

#Punishment Quotes #Christ Quotes #Offers Quotes

“When the conversation turns too quickly to films,I see it as a sign of weakness.”

Source : Herman Koch (2012). “The Dinner”, p.42, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Better a tooth out than always aching.”
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
“We who have touched war have a duty to bring the truth about war to those who have not had a direct experience of it. We are the light at the tip of the candle. It is really hot, but it has the power of shining and illuminating. If we practice mindfulness, we will know how to look deeply into the nature of war and, with our insight, wake people up so that together we can avoid repeating the same horrors again and again.”
“I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.”
“I believe that God is making all things new. I believe that Christ overcame death and that pattern is apparent all through life and history: life from death, water from a stone, redemption from failure, connection from alienation. I believe that suffering is part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything's easy.”
“I got to fight every second, every minute and every round.”
“We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness.”

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