It's important that someone celebrate our existence... People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.
--Lois McMaster Bujold, "Mirror Dance", 1994
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?
--Jackie Mason
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
--Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
--Thomas H. Huxley
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
--Noam Chomsky
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
--Mahatma Gandhi
JESUS ON BEING IN THE REAL WORLD
Jesus Hates the Christian Sub-Culture
Matthew 5:13 (MsgB)
"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
Luke 14:34 (MsgB)
"Salt is excellent. But if the salt goes flat, it's useless, good for nothing.
"Are you listening to this? Really listening?"
Matthew 5:14-16 (MsgB)
"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. [15] If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. [16] Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your
lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.
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