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They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right.
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I'm a weird one, I know, but Anathem is far and away my favorite Neal Stephenson book.
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I really enjoyed this book! I’d easily give it 5 if it wasn’t for all the stupid words.

I’ve only read this and Seveneves.
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Gregory Boyle
“I believe that God protects me from nothing but sustains me in everything.”
Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

Thomas Merton
“The greatest politeness Is free of all formality. Perfect conduct Is free of concern. Perfect wisdom Is unplanned. Perfect love Is without demonstrations. Perfect sincerity offers No guarantee.”
Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu

Madeleine L'Engle
“The more limited our language is, the more limited we are; the more limited the literature we give to our children, the more limited their capacity to respond, and therefore, in their turn, to create. The more our vocabulary is controlled, the less we will be able to think for ourselves. We do think in words, and the fewer words we know, the more restricted our thoughts. As our vocabulary expands, so does our power to think.”
Madeleine L'Engle, Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life

Gregory Boyle
“Compassion isn’t just about feeling the pain of others; it’s about bringing them in toward yourself. If we love what God loves, then, in compassion, margins get erased. “Be compassionate as God is compassionate,” means the dismantling of barriers that exclude.”
Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

Henri J.M. Nouwen
“We are so afraid of open spaces and empty places that we occupy them with our minds even before we are there. Our worries and concerns are expressions of our inability to leave unresolved questions unresolved and open-ended situations open-ended. They make us grab any possible solution and answer that seems to fit the occasion. They reveal our intolerance of the incomprehensibility of people and events and make us look for labels or classifications to fill the emptiness with self-created illusions.”
Henri J.M. Nouwen, Reaching Out

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