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“he could knock me down the stairs and i would have worked out the theology for forgiving him before i reached the bottom. but if he harmed you in the slightest way, i’m afraid theology would fail me.”

“existence is the essential thing and the holy thing.”

“i hate to think what i would give for a thousand mornings like this. for two or three.”

“i do hope to die with a quiet heart.”

“christianity is a life, not a doctrine.”

“…the same words that carry a good many people into the howling wilderness in one generation are irksome or meaningless in the next.”

“our dreams are forgotten long before we are.”