Brother Roger quotes
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“Reconciliation always brings a springtime to the soul.”
-- Brother RogerSource : Brother Roger (2007). “Glimmers of Happiness”, p.128, GIA Publications
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“Candor toward a brother must not be mistaken for confession. The latter is made to the Lord of heaven and earth in the presence of a man is authorized to hear it.”
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“I say to myself, go on seeking, be glad for being sensitive, be glad you're able to go beyond the resistance inside you. It is our resistance to what we experience that makes creativity possible. So don't get rid of resistance like that by going around it or trying to eliminate it. Our own limitations put up strong resistance, but it's because of that that we are creators”
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“Sometimes you say to yourself: the fire in me is going out. But you were not the one who lit that fire. Your faith does not create God, and your doubts cannot banish Him to nothingness.”
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“Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.”
Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion”, p.174, Macmillan
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“More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.”
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