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“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”
― The Seven Storey Mountain
― The Seven Storey Mountain

“The minister’s leadership of the congregation in its mission to the world will be first and foremost in the area of his or her own discipleship, in that life of prayer and daily consecration which remains hidden from the world but which is the place where the essential battles are either won or lost.”
― The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
― The Gospel in a Pluralist Society

“Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?”
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“Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.”
― Thoughts in Solitude
― Thoughts in Solitude

“This is the consistent witness of the New Testament: that the exalted Lord remains the crucified Jesus.20 And this one is “the true face of God.”21 When this witness is neglected or forgotten, trouble follows swiftly.”
― Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation
― Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation

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