“Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.”
― The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
― The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
“In whatever way you can do so, according to the talents and gifts God has given you, you are to be salt, and light, and whatever part of the Body of Christ you were made to be. You need to tell us what's going on with you so the rest of the Body (of which you are a part) can work together with you.”
― God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul
― God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul
“Crisis tells us we are never in control. We can only trust God who controls every circumstance.”
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“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“The default assumption tends to be that it is politically important to designate everyone as beautiful, that it is a meaningful project to make sure that everyone can become, and feel, increasingly beautiful. We have hardly tried to imagine what it might look like if our culture could do the opposite—de-escalate the situation, make beauty matter less.”
― Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
― Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
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