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“Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.”

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John Ortberg, born on May 5, 1957, is an American author known for his works on Christian faith, spiritual growth, and leadership. Ortberg's writing style is appreciated for its insightful and accessible approach to deep spiritual thoughts. more

“I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did that for me, for no one can understand Holy Scripture without practice and temptations...I t is not by reading, writing, or speculation that one becomes a theologian. Nay, rather, it is living, dying, and being damned that makes one a theologian.”

Writing Reading Practice Dying Holy Deeper Scripture Theology Temptation Theologian Speculation Holy Scriptures Reading Writing

Author:Martin Luther

“I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.”

Pain

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes.”

Divides Enjoyable Anecdotes

Author:Caitlin Moran

“Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.”

Water Break Rounds Wave Firm Stand Firm Seething

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“We Learn about love by loving.”

Author:Paulo Coelho

“Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.”

Dream Special Circumstances Dreamer Genes Amplify

Book:Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012

Source: Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012

“Lose no time; be always employed in something useful.”

Loses Employed Moral Perfection

Book:Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

“Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many exist.”

Knows Wells States Together Anarchism Anthropology Anthropologists

Author:David Graeber

“We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.”

Forget Effort Paid Very Good Strokes Possessing Best Effort Work Effort Effort And Hard Work

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“War is by definition the indiscriminate killing of huge numbers of people for ends that are uncertain. Think about means and ends, and apply it to war. The means are horrible, certainly. The ends, uncertain. That alone should make you hesitate. . . . We are smart in so many ways. Surely, we should be able to understand that in between war and passivity, there are a thousand possibilities.”

People Thinking Way Should Mean War Ends Able Numbers Possibility Huge Thousand Smart Killing Definitions Horrible Uncertain Passivity Huge Numbers

Author:Howard Zinn

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