"I fear that much of the Christianity that surrounds us assumes our task is to save appearances by protecting God from Job-like anguish. But if God is the God of Jesus Christ, then God does not need our protection. What God demands is not protection, but truth."

-- Stanley Hauerwas

#Jesus Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.”
“I can't seem to keep my heart from leaking out of the cracks, like sand clutched in a fist.”
“Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potterâ€™s oven?”
“He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher.”
“I'm proud of the fact that I'm at a point in my career that if I want to take a little bit of a left turn and make an album that is more hushed, more acoustic and more personal, that I can do it,”
“I hope you will attain enlightenment. I am here to tell you that you already have! But you don't know... The difference between the Buddha and us is the confidence in knowing that he was enlightened.”
“You've got to keep moving, keep creating.”
“Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten roads that no one travels anymore.”

Source : Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1999). “The Fencing Master”, Harcourt

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