Brian D. McLaren Quotes
Christian faith for me is no longer a static location but a great spiritual journey. And that changes everything.
Quotes to Explore
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.
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Work is my salvation. It changes my moods.
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Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.
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Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.
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We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
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What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
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We're in a period of revolutionary change. I'm optimistic. One's self changes, and then the world changes. It's going to begin internally, not externally.
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The fashion world is so interesting because it's always changing, but if you know yourself really well, despite of all the changes in the fashion trends, you know how to stay true to yourself.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.
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One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.
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Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.
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It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
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Changes in our aesthetic tastes have no value or meaning in and of themselves; what has value and meaning is the idea of change itself. Or, better stated: not change in and of itself, but change as an agent or inspiration of modern creations.
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My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
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Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances.
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I’m committed to structural changes.
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If you have the tendency to repress your anger, you have lost touch with an important part of yourself. Getting angry is a way to gain back that part of yourself by asserting your rights, expressing your displeasure with a situation, and letting others know how you wish to be treated. It can motivate you to make needed changes in a relationship or other areas of your life. Finally it can let others know that you expect to be respected and treated fairly.
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I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
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This is a private-public partnership in an area of common concern and benefit. It brings so many talents and resources to the table.
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I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.
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Christian faith for me is no longer a static location but a great spiritual journey. And that changes everything.
