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“Freedom from anxiety is characterized by three inner attitudes. If what we have we receive as a gift, and if what we have is to be cared for by God, and if what we have is available to others, then we will possess freedom from anxiety. This is the inward reality of simplicity…. The inner reality is not a reality until there is an outward expression.”

And clearly I need to read more Kierkegaard…!

“Of all the Disciplines simplicity is the most visible and therefore the most open to corruption.… The central point for the Discipline of simplicity is to seek the kingdom of God and the righteousness of his kingdom FIRST and then everything necessary will come in its proper order.… Focus upon the kingdom produces the inward reality, and without the inward reality we will degenerate into legalistic trivia.”

Maybe I came into this with too high expectations, or maybe I've just read too many other books in this vein, but this hasn't really clicked for me. Not to say it's been without merit, and there's still plenty to go, but I haven't been blown away.

“‘You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free’ (John 8:32). Good feelings will not free us. Ecstatic experiences will not free us. Getting ‘high on Jesus’ will not free us. Without a knowledge of the truth, we will not be free.”

“It soon becomes obvious that study demands humility.… Arrogance and a teachable spirit are mutually exclusive.”