Secondly, I was defeated. I knew the kind of person I was, and also the kind of person I longed to be. Between the ideal and the reality there was a great gulf fixed. I had high ideals but a weak will.
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
“Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“freedom must be won under the compulsion of a necessity. Freedom for the church comes from the necessity of the Word of God.”
― Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
― Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
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