Quotes

Violence, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once observed, finds refuge in falsehood, even as falsehood is supported by violence. "Anyone who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle." (Solzhenitsyn's 1972 Nobel Prize acceptance speech) A practical rule can be deduced. Where there is violence, look for falsehood; where there is falsehood, look for violence. If Solzhenitsyn is correct, they go together. — George Hunsinger

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. — Joseph Campbell

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness. . . . Disobedience to be civil implies discipline, thought, care, attention. . . . Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good. . . . Nonviolent action without the cooperation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result. — Mohandas Gandhi

Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck—but, most of all, endurance. — James Baldwin

We are simply asked to make gentle our bruised world. To be compassionate of all, including oneself. Then in the time left over to repeat the ancient tale and go the way of God's foolish ones. . . . — Jim Strathdee

Every morning, Lean thine arms upon The windowsill of heaven, And gaze upon The face of thy Lord; Then with this vision in mind, Turn strong to meet the day. — author unknown

Oh fire of the Holy Spirit, life of the life of every creature, holy are you in giving life to forms... Oh boldest path, penetrating into all places, in the heights, on earth, and in every abyss, you bring and bind all together From you clouds flow, air flies, Rocks have their humours, Rivers spring forth from the waters And earth wears her green vigour O ignis Spiritus Paracliti [O fire of the Spirit, Advocate] — Hildegard von Bingen

I spent time with Gloria Gaither at Fuller Seminary in February this year. I was not sure what to expect of this matriarch of Southern Gospel music, but we really hit it off. You will love the quote she had for the Fuller students who were all into "Praise and Worship": "Folks, if all you want is climax without commitment, then you are in the world's oldest profession." — Michael Hawn

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition: That they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. — John Calvin