"We think of the Christian life as a â€˜changed lifeâ€™ but it is not that. What God offers us is an â€˜exchanged life,â€™ a â€˜substituted life,â€™ and Christ is our Substitute within."

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Source : Watchman Nee (2006). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.119, Hendrickson Publishers

Watchman Nee

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“Experience has taught me that what you love, you should love all the harder because someday it will be gone.”
“The Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road.”
“It's exciting that you've got an entire season to experience 24 hours of highly dramatically charged human experience. It allows for the close inspection of minutiae in behaviour.”
“It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.”

Source : "Carol Burnett Wins Mark Twain Prize for Humor". www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 21, 2013.
“The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association.”
“A Masai warrior on a cellphone in the middle of Kenya has better mobile comm than President Reagan did 25 years ago.”
“Very few recordings exist in which Hitler can be heard speaking normally. But in those that do exist, it's evident he possessed quite a warm, calm voice. It's a completely different tone from what he used in his public appearances.”
“Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.”

Source : Nicholas Murray Butler (1951). “Commencement Addresses”

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