"Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him."

-- Joni Eareckson Tada

#Ivory Tower Quotes #Icons Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“The only thing I remember writing in prison is a couple of poems for an inmate magazine they did once a year.”

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“When you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts.”
“A gentleman's first characteristic is that fineness of structure in the body which renders it capable of the most delicate sensation; and of structure in the mind which renders it capable of the most delicate sympathies; one may say simply "fineness of nature.”
“Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.”
“What if the genetically superior male is actually a bit of a dickhead?”
“Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family.”
“Bush began helping Enron in the eighties.”
“I guess I crave stability.”

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