Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen or pray, no time to become the person who is doing these things.
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
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Don't ever forget your history," she sang, "or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.
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Intercessory prayer for one who is sinning prevails. God says so! The will of the man prayed for does not come into question at all, he is connected with God by prayer, and prayer on the basis of the Redemption sets the connection working and God gives life.
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China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little.
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Wouldn't it be terrible if I quoted some reliable statistics which prove that more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol.
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Hold on to your salah, because if you lose that, you will lose everything else.
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I'm determined to raise a strong girl.
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You know you're getting fat when you step on the dog's tail and he dies.
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Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on.
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I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
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If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.
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Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.
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Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.
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The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith.
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All of us are busy. Life isn't slowing down, it's speeding up, and our Daytimers reflect the fact. Yet that is precisely why we need to take time to pray.
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Repressively, Lymond himself answered. “I dislike being discussed as if I were a disease. Nobody ‘got’ me,” he said.
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One thing I encourage a lot of people to realize and do is to just have an adventure.
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Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen or pray, no time to become the person who is doing these things.
