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“Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the futility of death, the necessity and purpose of serenity and devotion. He lived serenely, as an artist greater than all other artists, scorning marble and clay and paint, working in the living flesh. In other words, this peerless artist, scarcely conceivable with the blunt instrument of our modern, nervous and obtuse brains, made neither statues nor paintings nor books. He maintained in no uncertain terms that he made ... living men, immortals.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“Jesus didn't come to merely speak words that were true, He is the Word that makes us true.”
― Frederick Buechner

“Forgiveness is not about forgetting. ........Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done....., a relationship of trust is not possible.... no real relationship can be established.........Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.....Forgiveness does not excuse anything.....”
― Wm. Paul Young