"The secular university is scandalized by the claims of revelation. Those who have, for whatever historical reasons, become seekers-on-principle, cannot tolerate the allegation that truth is a gift. To have to receive offends those who have determined to take."

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Louis Mackey

#Historical Quotes #Principles Quotes #Determined Quotes

“Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and other textiles. Depicting these realities of war has helped the Afghan people to survive during times of conflict.”
“America, fortunately or unfortunately, is very polarized right now. People fall into their different camps. And people are, are concerned. And they, they want to see change.”
“Puttin rhymes into shape just like Jack LaLanne.”
“In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”
“Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.”
“So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good king? Would I be quick witted and generous of spirit and full of that boundless energy? Or would I be clumsy and stupid and dulled by my own prejudices? I try to be a good man, since I am alive at all, and hope that that teaches me what I would need to know if I was ever faced with a higher challenge.”
“No man is broken because bad things happen to him. Heâ€™s broken because he doesnâ€™t keep going after those things happen.”

Source : Courtney Milan (2011). “Unraveled”, p.108, Courtney Milan
“Eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions god's infinite love.”

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