“That which we cannot speak of is the one thing about whom and to whom we must never stop speaking.”
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“Body exercise is incomplete if it focuses exclusively on muscle and is motivated by the ideal of a physique unspoiled by fat.”
― Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life
― Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life
“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”
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“This book is about a salvation that takes place within our unknowing and dissatisfaction,”
― The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and Satisfaction
― The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and Satisfaction
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