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historical arguments; traditional apologetics breaks down here. Since man is here dealing with God and this by definition means with the invisible, impalpable, uncontrollable, only one attitude is appropriate and required : believing trust, trusting faith. ↗

— Hans Küng

#faith #historical #traditional #trust #attitude

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#fear #social-transformation #change

I don't need glasses, but I've just reached the age where curiosity is greater than vanity. ↗

— Red Skelton

#age

I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman. ↗

— J. F. Powers

#blood #body #bread #change #create

I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. ↗

— Richard Powers

#big #big picture #connects #everything #get

I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have. ↗

— Susan Powter

#authority #biggest #diminish #end #end result

When you act on your beliefs, the realisation that happens is caused by you and this will in turn lead to a consequence. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money #motivational #new-age

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#age

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change ↗

— Frank Herbert

#systems #change

You can build with brick, and you can also destroy with a brick.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny