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Quote by Nancy Pearcey

“Many people operate as though the definition of faith were, Don't ask questions, just believe. They quote Jesus himself, who taught his followers to have the faith of a child (Mark 10:15). But I once heard Francis Schaeffer respond by saying, "Don't you realize how many questions children ask?"”

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Nancy Pearcey

Nancy Pearcey is a renowned American author and scholar, born in 1952. Her works focus on philosophy, religion, and science, and are highly praised for their in-depth analysis and unique insights. more

“Your God loves your people and hates mine; he folds his strong arms lovingly around the white man and leads him as a father leads his infant son, but he has forsaken his red children; he makes your people wax strong every day, and soon they will fill the land; while my people are ebbing away like a fast-receding tide, that will never flow again. The white man's God cannot love his red children or he would protect them. They seem to be orphans who can look nowhere for help.”

Source: Answering Chief Seattle

“Act first! The ideas will follow, and if not - well, it's progress”

Ifs Firsts Wells Ideas Progress

Book:Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia

Source: Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia

“An artist is the magician put among men to gratify - capriciously - their urge for immortality.”

Men Artist Immortality Urges Magician

Author:Tom Stoppard

“Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child. Nature doesn't disdain what lives only for a day. It pours the whole of itself into the each moment. We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last.”

Thinking Children Made Whole Moments Lasts Purpose Values Grows Growing Up Built Lilies Disdain

Book:Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Play 2

Source: Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Play 2

“Biography is the mesh through which real life escapes.”

Real Real Life Biographies Mesh

Author:Tom Stoppard

“Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.”

Knows Lasts Chance Too Much Childhood Last Chance

Book:Tom Stoppard Plays 2: The Dissolution of Dominic Boot; 'M' is for Moon Among Other Things; If You're Glad I'll Be Frank; Albert's Bridge; Where Are They Now?; Artist Descending a Staircase; The Dog It Was That Died; In the Native State; On 'Dover Beach'

Source: Tom Stoppard Plays 2: The Dissolution of Dominic Boot; 'M' is for Moon Among Other Things; If You're Glad I'll Be Frank; Albert's Bridge; Where Are They Now?; Artist Descending a Staircase; The Dog It Was That Died; In the Native State; On 'Dover Beach'

“Fifty-five crystal spheres geared to God's crankshaft is my idea of a satisfying universe. I can't think of anything more trivial than quarks, quasars, big bangs and black holes.”