"We cannot make up for failure in our devotional life by redoubling energy in service. We shall never take people beyond our own spiritual attainment."

-- William Griffith Thomas

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“Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that.”
“I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair.”
“The way you hold the bow, the way that violinists are trained to produce a note, is really different. I'm not an expert in classical music. I don't want to say something that ends up in print and somebody comes running after me with a shovel, but they're taught for each note to stand alone in a very deliberate kind of way, which is really different than how notes are strung together in old-time music to create rhythm.”
“The past lies like a nightmare upon the present.”
“Perhaps the most serious complaint you could make about Bach is that he has every quality of humanity except imperfection.”
“Life wastes nothing. Over and over again every molecule that has ever been is gathered up by the hand of life to be reshaped into yet another form. p 259”
“One of the best records Iâ€™ve ever heard.Â Seriously, maybe top 20 all-timeâ€¦ I think if Rich Mullins had been given more time here, and if God had blessed his life with love and a wife, if he had the chance to see as much of the relational beauty as he saw of the natural beauty, I think he might have written some songs like the ones we find on BiRDS OF RELOCATiON.Â And you know thatâ€™s about the highest praise I can give someone.Â You will not find a combination of more beautiful poetry, raw honesty, and gorgeous melodies for a long time.”
“Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.”

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