Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she acquires an appetite for the world of grace.
Quotes to Explore
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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French men can be very tough too, you know... Real bad boys move in silence, as we know, so you don't have to be loud and muscular to be scary, actually.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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At the resurrection, there will be the return of spirits to their bodies, the revivification of the bodies, and the remaking of the bodies.
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I don't get claustrophobic.
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Your father's an asshole. It's not a disease. You don't have to catch it.
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Cooperation with tyranny should not be embraced for the sake of profits.
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You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.
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I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me.
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If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say, 'This poet lies; Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.'
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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A beautiful life does not just happen, it is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice and love.
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A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she acquires an appetite for the world of grace.
