"Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity"

-- George Steiner

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“A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be candid, I myself, for example, have never in my life said a word to my pupils about the "meaning" of music; if there is one it does not need my explanations. On the other hand I have always made a great point of having my pupils count their eighths and sixteenths nicely. Whatever you become, teacher, scholar, or musician, have respect for the "meaning" but do not imagine that it can be taught.”
“Have great, secret, big, fat hopes for yourself.”
“Because Jesus Christ has prepared Himself from the foundations of the world we can trust Him as one uniquely qualified through the fullness of His love for His Father and us.Â His love, meekness, condescension, knowledge, power, commitment to agency, and obedience combine to bring this elusive peace to all of Godâ€™s children.Â Our peace was purchased by the shedding of the innocent blood of Godâ€™s purest Son.Â Our trust in His capacity to bring us this peace can be complete because that has been part of His work and His glory from the beginning.”
“When things are not going right, there are satanic forces in operation. What is my solution? To rebuke the condition of sin, death, disease, or whatever it is. I can pray in the Holy Ghost, and that prayer is effectual to bring down every stronghold of the enemy.”
“I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.”
“The crucial fact to realize about all the powerful machinery of the Corporate State - its laws, structure, political system - is that it possesses no mind.”

Source : Charles A. Reich (1970). “The Greening of America”
“I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives decaying matter, until it became a part of who I am.”

Source : Gerald Lawson Sittser, Jerry L. Sittser (1998). “A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss”, p.37, Zondervan
“There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.”

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