"A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more."

-- John Owen

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“In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.”
“The solution of the problem lies in seeing itâ€”in the seeing, without wanting a solution, or dissolutionâ€”just seeing whatâ€™s there. . . .”

Source : Toni Packer (2007). “The Light of Discovery”, p.73, Shambhala Publications
“No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.”
“Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse.”

Source : Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.149, Dial Press
“Running should be free, man.”
“For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes.”
“Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.”
“You do not need intellectuality for deep faith. You do not need it for behaving humanely towards people whether fellow Muslims or non-Muslims. You do not need a concept, a theory, you do not need intellectual arguments for justifying a way of living that is already in place in order for it to proceed.”

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