"The really important thing in life is not the avoidance of mistakes, but the obedience of faith. By obedience, the man is led step by step to correct his errors, whereas nothing will ever happen to him if he doesn't get going."

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Source : Paul Tournier (1976). “Reflections: On Life's Most Crucial Questions”

Paul Tournier

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“But you will be hard-pressed to find more than a few novels, films, news stories, and TV shows that dare to depict life as a gift whose purpose is to enrich the human soul.”
“In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your piece of heart. As soon as you compare that shadow with the shadows of other people, you lose all joy, because you have begun to trade in unrealities and there is no joy in things that do not exist.”
“You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel.”
“Someday you will know that the heart is not always as wise as it is strong. - Uncle Eddie”
“If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude.”
“God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”

Source : Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.93, David C Cook
“In 2003, Helmut Schmidt said: Predatory capitalism exists, we have to civilize it and we can do that via Europe. He was right. We haven't tried hard enough.”
“Attention! Attention! Attention! Thou art aware of the situation!”

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