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We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man. ↗

— Sam Harris

#reason #religion #science #skeptic #faith

In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#love #servanthood #spiritual-life #wounds #faith

Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

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Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor. ↗

— Mother Teresa

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He showed me a sketch he'd drawn once during meditation. It was an androgynous human figure, standing up, hands clasped in prayer. But this figure had four legs, and no head. Where the head should have been, there was only a wild foliage of ferns and flowers. There was a small, smiling face drawn over the heart. To find the balance you want," Ketut spoke through his translator, "this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have four legs, instead of two. That way, you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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Trust and faith bring joy to life and help relationships grow to their maximum potential. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#relationships #suspicion #trust #faith

The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations. ↗

— John Paul II

#environment #stewardship #faith

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings. ↗

— William Sloane Coffin Jr.

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We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#thankfulness #faith

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#war #faith