"This withdrawal of theology from the world of secular affairs is made more complete by the work of biblical scholars whose endlessly fascinating exercises have made it appear to the lay Christian that no one untrained in their methods can really understand anything the Bible says. We are in a situation analogous to one about which the great Reformers complained. The Bible has been taken out of the hands of the layperson; it has now become the professional property not of the priesthood but of the scholars."

-- Lesslie Newbigin

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“For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.”
“Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.”
“I protest against deference to any man, whether John Stuart Mill, or Adam Smith, or Aristotle, being allowed to check inquiry. Our science has become far too much a stagnant one, in which opinions rather than experience and reason are appealed to.”

Source : William Stanley Jevons (1970). “The Theory of Political Economy”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“People are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.”
“American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.”

Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.5, Cosimo, Inc.
“Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience”

Source : David A. Kolb (2014). “Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development”, p.51, FT Press
“The two words that I've arrived at to describe what we all need to feel about ourselves, children and adults, in order to perceive ourselves accurately, are worthy and welcome. If you don't feel worthy and welcome, you really won't know what to do with yourself. You won't know how to behave in a world of other people. You won't think you deserve to get what you need.”

Source : "An Interview with Jean Liedloff" by Chris Mercogliano, www.continuum-concept.org.
“I actually liked the disolation of winter; it was the season when it was okay to be unhappy. If I were to ever kill myself, I thought it would be in the summer.”

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