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Don't Say Um: How to Communicate Effectively to Live a Better Life

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Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History

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“The essence of a fallen world is that the best cannot be attained by free enjoyment, or by what is called "self-realization" (usually a nice name for self-indulgence, wholly inimical to the realization of other selves); but by denial, by suffering.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: best, denial, fallen-world, freedom, others, self-indulgence, self-realization, suffering

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“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

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“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.”
― John Quincy Adams

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