"The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power."

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Source : Source: sojo.net

Russell D. Moore

#Biblical Quotes #Progress Quotes #Fallen World Quotes

“No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.”
“Love is the kiss in the quiet nest while the leaves are trembling, mirrored in the water.”
“I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it.”

Source : "Archie Panjabi: 'I love roles that transform me'" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.
“Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.”
“Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done.”
“The fact is, for most of us, what happens to ourselves is so much more important than what happens to other people that the smallest mote in our own eye will prevent us from being unduly harrowed by someone else's beam.”
“I can play in the center, on the right and occasionally on the left side.”
“The principal impact of foreign enterprise on the development of the underdeveloped countries lies in hardening and strengthening the sway of merchant capitalism, in slowing down and indeed preventing its transformation into industrial capitalism.”

Source : Paul A. Baran (1968). “Political Econ of Growth”, p.194, NYU Press

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