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“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”
― John Piper

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“[ The ‘wretch’ who has been saved by grace] believes and feels his own weakness and unworthiness, and lives upon the grace and pardoning love of his Lord. This gives him an habitual tenderness and gentleness of spirit. Humble under a sense of much forgiveness to himself, he finds it easy to forgive others.” 76”
― John Piper, The Roots of Endurance: Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce

“PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.

GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.

PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?

GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.

GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“No matter who they are or what they’ve done, when you hear someone’s story you see him or her differently.”
― Patricia Harman, The Midwife of Hope River

“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.”
― Bee Movie

“Removing shame requires more than forgiveness. Shame produces feelings of humiliation, disapproval, and abandonment. Shame means inadequacy of the entire person. While guilt says, “I made a mistake”; shame says, “I am a mistake.”
― Jayson Georges, The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures

“Ohne Jesus wissen wir nichts von Gott. Jesus aber ist die Offenbarung Gottes. In Jesus ist Gott zu uns gekommen.”
― Wilhelm Busch, Jesus unser Schicksal