Stephen Neill quotes
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“Every virtue is a form of obedience to God. Every evil word or act is a form of rebellion against Him. This may not be clear at first; but, if we think patiently, we shall find that it is true. Why were you angry? You will probably find that it w as because you were not willing to accept the world as God has made it, or because you were not willing to leave it to God to deal with the people that He has made.”
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“Is the leadership of the worldwide church in the hands of men and women who know how to lead others one by one to Jesus Christ? We are so concerned with planning and administration that there is a danger lest we allow these things to serve as an excuse for not doing the one thing on which all else depends.”
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“If everything is mission, nothing is mission.”
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“Life is filled with meaning as soon as Jesus Christ enters into it.”
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“The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them by the stimulating influence of the inspiration that he can impart. The true leader makes his followers twice the men they were before.”
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“The bad teacher imposes his ideas and his methods on his pupils, and such originality as they may have is lost in the second-rate art of imitation.”
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“A mission which becomes a commercial concern may end by ceasing to be a mission”
-- Stephen NeillSource : Stephen Neill (1964). “Christian missions”
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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.143, Penguin
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“A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.”
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“Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.”
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“One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.”
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Source : Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2006). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.289, Penguin
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