Alister E. McGrath Quotes
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
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I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
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I went to the University of Michigan for one year, and fortunately they had a foreign-film cinema, and I discovered it, and I thought I died and went to heaven.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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If China was like the moon, then arriving in Saudi Arabia was Mars. At least you can see the moon from Earth.
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Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
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Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with it all over the places the child loved on earth. The angel plucks a large handful of flowers, and they carry it with them up to God, where the flowers bloom more brightly than they ever did on earth.
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The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining … to the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty straight. We're living, it seems, in the culmination of a long warfare - warfare against human beings, other creatures and the Earth itself.
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Leave the earth to the strong and athletic,And the sea to adventure upon.But the sun and the sandNo contractor can copy;We lie in the landOf the lotus and poppy;We vegetate, calm and aesthetic,On the beach, on the sand, in the sun.
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Just as language has no longer anything in common with the thing it names, so the movements of most of the people who live in cities have lost their connexion with the earth; they hang, as it were, in the air, hover in all directions, and find no place where they can settle.
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Saints do not die. It is their lot, To die while on this earth to all that God is not.
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Heaven’s Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart.
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The solar rays will kindle fire on the earth, by which a thing that is under the sky will be set on fire, and, being reflected by some obstacle, it will bend downwards.
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I am an unfortunate and deserted creature, I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth. These amiable people to whom I go have never seen me and know little of me. I am full of fears, for if I fail there, I am an outcast in the world forever.
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I can still love an ex as a person, regardless if the breakup was bad. I would never wish anything negative on them. It takes more energy to hate them than to wish them well.
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Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened.
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Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
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We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven.
