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“Here is the path to the higher life: down, lower down! Just as water always seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds men abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless.”
― Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness

“Humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all.”
― Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness

“Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!”
― Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness

“All sin is twisted and ugly and vile. We should be shocked at how wicked men are and how callous we have become to that wickedness. We are used to it! The first baby ever born grew up to murder his own brother.[22] And human history ever since has been one long stream of constant warfare, lust, hate, torture, rape, perversion, abuse, and brutality. It is a blessed thing that we do not know in detail the sins that were committed just last night in our own town or city. Such knowledge would be too defiling to bear.”
― Charles Leiter, Justification and Regeneration

“God promises that an internal change—a new act of creation (2 Cor. 5:17)—will take place within those who believe. And that inward change will produce external actions. The Spirit fuels us so powerfully from the inside that His active presence is tangible and indisputable (see Gal. 5:22–24). If the actions aren’t pouring out of your life, you have to ask yourself: Is He in you?”
― Francis Chan, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity

“There is no greater love story. The Judge of the universe chased after those who rebelled against Him. People made themselves God’s enemies by rejecting His rule and following their own desires. Yet God so loves His “enemies” that He sent His Son to pay the penalty for their crimes. God’s wrath was satisfied as Jesus hung on the cross. Through His death, believers are cleared of their sin and reconciled to the God they once rejected. This makes God both fair and forgiving, just and justifier (see Rom. 3:21–26). He is just because His judgment against our sin was carried out. We are justified because His innocent Son suffered on our behalf.”
― Francis Chan, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity

“Someone is watching you right now as you read this. Think about that. The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, and knows your every thought. And this is a good thing. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.”
― Francis Chan, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity

“This is the mistake a lot of couples make. They spend a lot of time looking at themselves and each other but very little time staring at God. When this is the focus, they naturally begin to structure every aspect of their lives around the few years they have with each other on earth, rather than the millions they will spend in His presence. Or away from His presence. These people live as though they are not dying. They live as though the King is not returning.”
― Francis Chan, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity

“Many times we recognize our weakness, but we fail to recognize what God can accomplish through it. It’s a giving up point for far too many people who claim to know the all-powerful God. “I just can’t” is a foolish statement for those who know God; it should not be in our vocabulary. “I can’t” should be replaced by “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13). Weakness should cause us to surrender to Christ in a way we never have before, to cry out to the One who has also known weakness, who has been tempted in every way, who knows the pull to give up, to move on, to pursue His own way.”
― Francis Chan, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity

“If I am fully known and not rejected by God, how much more ought I to extend grace to my neighbor, whom I know only in part?”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“Only the brave men and women can bring peace to the world, not by practicing war but by practicing nonviolence.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

“There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“The more we practice nonviolence in our words, thoughts and actions the more peaceful will be our inner state.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

“Nonviolence is only for the brave men and women of the world because it requires courage – courage to love the beauty of life, beauty of humanity and the beauty of the world.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

“This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“If you remembered somebody was as real as yourself, how could you kill anybody?”
― Sena Jeter Naslund, Four Spirits

“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”
― Toni Morrison

“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”
― Joseph Fort Newton

“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else's oppression, we'll find our opportunities to make real change.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us—our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“When we were in our mother’s womb, we felt secure—protected from heat, cold, and hunger. But the moment we were born and came into contact with the world’s suffering, we began to cry. Since then, we have yearned to return to the security of our mother’s womb. We long for permanence, but everything is changing. We desire an absolute, but even what we call our “self” is impermanent. We seek a place where we can feel safe and secure, a place we can rely on for a long time. When we touch the ground, we feel the stability of the earth and feel confident. When we observe the steadiness of the sunshine, the air, and the trees, we know that we can count on the sun to rise each day and the air and the trees to be there tomorrow. When we build a house, we build it on ground that is solid. Before putting our trust in others, we need to choose friends who are stable, on whom we can rely.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“When mindfulness is present, the Buddha and the Holy Spirit are already there,”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“We are all mother's of the Buddha because we are all pregnant with the potential for awakening.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“The death penalty is a sign of weakness, an expression of our fear and inability to know what to do to help the situation. Killing a person does not help him or us. We have to look collectively to find ways we can really help. Our enemy is not the other person, no matter what he or she has done. If we look deeply into ourselves, we can see that their act was a manifestation of our collective consciousness. We are all filled with violence, hatred, and fear, so why blame someone whose upbringing was without love or understanding?”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“The only place where we can touch Jesus and the Kingdom of God is within us.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“No act of killing can be justified.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“With utmost courage, Jesus taught a gospel of nonviolence. Is the church today practicing the same by its presence and behavior? Do the churches practice nonviolence and social justice, or do they align themselves with governments that practice violence and hatred?”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

“A sexual relationship is an act of communion between body and spirit. This is a very important encounter, not to be done in a casual manner. In our soul there are certain areas—memories, pain, secrets—that are private, that we would share only with the person we love and trust the most. We do not open our heart and show it to just anyone.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ