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“The Iliad thus begins to suggest that no community can succeed by honoring exceptional individuals whose indulgence in rage and ruthless pursuit of honor causes them to neglect or imperil those who depend upon them.”
― Emily Katz Anhalt, Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths

“It is in fact more important for us to know what God did to Israel, to His Son Jesus Christ, than to seek what God intends for us today.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

“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, Psalms through 3000 years: Prayerbook Of A Cloud Of Witnesses

“Those who ask ‘What was God doing before he made heaven and earth?’ are still steeped in error which they should have discarded.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions