Henri de Lubac Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.”
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“The Church is a perpetual construction site.”
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“The age of the proof is in decline, it is the hour of 'witness' that is coming, hour of the 'marturioa', very calm and very complete: a hope which seems close to being realised.”
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“Nothing remains intact without effort. Repetition of formulas does not assure the transmission of thought. It is not safe to entrust a doctrinal treasure to the passivity of memory. Intelligence must play a part in its conservation, rediscovering it, so to speak, in the process.”
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“It's not sincereity, it is truth which frees us, because it transforms us. It tears us away from our inmost slavery.”
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“The turning point in history will be the moment man becomes aware that the only god of man is man himself.”
-- Henri de Lubac
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