Brennan Manning Quotes
For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
Quotes to Explore
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It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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Part of my life is spent designing in urban centers, and part of my life has been spent in factories. But the other part of my life is spent in nature.
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It has been said by church historians that in those periods of Christian history where renewal, revival, and awakening took place and the church was at its strongest, that coincidental with those periods in church history, there was a strong focus on the psalms in the life of God's people-particularly in the worship of God's people.
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He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?" "Like what?" "Like hitting on you." "Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way." Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. "What? You think he does?" "Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood." "Again, Ew! What's with you this morning?" "Not enough coffee.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.
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We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.
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We live in hope and Russia will do everything it can to ensure that as a result of these talks international security will be strengthened and no harm will be done to anyone's interests
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Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand.
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Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed.
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You and I will always be friends. Yet you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that.
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Sometimes when a character in a novel is difficult for me to enter, I sue something in myself or in my own life as a doorway into that character's mind and emotions.
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If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?
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For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.
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As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, [and] steel their emotions against decent human sympathy.
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He admired writers whose own stories were as interesting as the ones they wrote.
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Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
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No matter what the Constitution says, it won't endure if the people don't closely read it and demand that it be followed.
