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Quote by Frederick Buechner

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

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Frederick Buechner, born on July 11, 1926, is a renowned American writer. His works span across various genres including novels, essays, and plays, known for their profound religious and philosophical reflections. more

“Interviewer: Have you ever considered writing nonfiction? Mary Doria Russell: Oh, honey, I did! Let's see...There was "A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Cannibalism at the Krapina Neandertal Site." That was a big hit. And who could ever forget "Cutmarks on the Engis II Calvarium"? Then there was "Browridge Development as a Function of Bending Stress in the Supraorbital Region." I got tons of reprint requests for that one. Trust me fiction is better.”

“When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through the night can seem pretty cheerful compared to the existential comedy/horror of the ozone layer dissolving under the combined assult of a million flurocarbon spray cans of deoderant." - The Mist”

People Seems Night Millions Technology Comedy Failing Horror Machines Layers Conventional Existential Cheerful Mist Spray Dissolving Ozone Ozone Layer

Author:Stephen King

“Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.”

Heart Doe States Depends Circumstances

Book:PRACTICAL RELIGION

Source: PRACTICAL RELIGION

“I believe that we can create a poverty-free world because poverty is not created by poor people. It has been created and sustained by the economic and social systems that we have designed for ourselves; the institutions and concepts that make up that system; the policies that we pursue.”

People World Believe Has Beens I Believe Social Poor Poverty Economic Policy Concepts Institutions Pursue Poor People Social Systems Free World

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove.”

Able Misery Remove Pluck

Author:Jeremy Bentham

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