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Quotes
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Quotes, Philosophy
Douglas Wilson on Scholars and Truth
“The scholar of today is looking for a more open, flexible, promiscuous truth–truth that doesn’t think herself better than other folks, and who will spread it around a little bit. That way, when we get tired of her, we can dump her for a roly-poly little blonde without remorse. (Preferably with a name like Bambi […]
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Quotes, Consumerism
Berry on Satisfaction
“And so we can say that the industrial economy’s most-marketed commodity is satisfaction, and that this commodity, which is repeatedly promised, bought, and paid for, is never delivered. On the other hand, people who have much satisfaction do not need many commodities.” - Wendell Berry in “The Whole Horse” in The Art of the Commonplace
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Robert Murray M’Cheyne on the Hell Within
“Most of God’s people are contented to be saved from the hell that is without; they are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within.”
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C.S. Lewis on the Christ-filled World
We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.
(Letters to Malcolm)
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Timothy Keller on a Plan for Life
“When life overwhelms you…just because it’s not your plan doesn’t mean that there is NO plan.”
