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“Raging like a lion or wild boar and slaughtering many enemies may be worthy of praise and honor in the world of Homer’s characters, but similes claiming that the warriors are like such beasts invite the audience to consider whether it really is optimal behavior for a human being. Is it really something to brag about?”
― Emily Katz Anhalt, Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths

“This one quotation could really serve as the emblem of this chapter: an artisan, who was touched by a neighbor, by a printed Bible in French, and above all by the Psalms.”
― William L. Holladay, The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

“Christ was sent not to mend wounded people or wake sleepy people or advise confused people or inspire bored people or spur on lazy people or educate ignorant people, but to raise dead people.”
― Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

“Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community