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“And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to bow to it and acknowledge it and not attempt to extinguish great flames for the sake of making his own rushlight burn more brightly?”

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Author:Felix Mendelssohn

“Forgiveness sees wisely. It willingly acknowledges what is unjust, harmful, and wrong. It bravely recognizes sufferings of the past, and understands the conditions that brought them about.Forgiveness honors the heart's greatest dignity. Whenever we are lost, it brings us back to the ground of love.Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.”

Heart Past Suffering Lost Our Lives Conditions Honor Dignity Release Acknowledge Repeats Unjust Chained

Author:Jack Kornfield

“I am not myself free or human until or unless I recognize the freedom and humanity of all my fellowmen... I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.”

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Author:Mikhail Bakunin

“We must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.”

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Book:The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

Source: The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

“I'm a Christian because Christianity names and addresses sin. It acknowledges the reality that the evil we observe in the world is also present within ourselves. It tells the truth about the human condition - that we're not okay.”

World Humans Reality Christian Evil Names Sin Christianity Conditions Okay Acknowledge Addresses Telling The Truth Human Condition Not Okay

Book:Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

Source: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church