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Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.
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depression
thought-life
spiritual-warfare
discipline
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John Piper |
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"What was it St. Augustine said? "The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance."
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thought-life
self-discipline
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Frank Herbert |
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One of the most effective ways of changing the way people think is to change the way they worship.
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worship
emotion
work
thought-life
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Alister E. McGrath |
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Shakespeare will not make us better and will not make us worse, but he may allow us to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves.
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thought-life
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Harold Bloom |
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To read in the service of any ideology is not to read at all. The mind's dialogue with itself is not primarily a social reality. All that the Western canon can bring one is the proper use of one's own solitude.
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reading
thought-life
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Harold Bloom |
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When we encounter personal problems, those things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan.
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thought-life
perspective
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Frank Herbert |
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You must teach me the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters.
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thought-life
ministry
discipleship
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Frank Herbert |
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Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.
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solitude
thought-life
reflection
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Beth Moore |
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Sometimes the imagination could be even crueler than the bone saw.
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suffering
thought-life
spiritual-warfare
distraction
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Robert Kurson |
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"One aristocratic leader's club was known for, "an atmosphere of solemn tranquility, in which reading, dozing, and meditation took precedence over conversation."
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thought-life
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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Folly is a child of power.
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thought-life
humility
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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Lewis is a rare example of someone who liked to think about life's great questions because they were forced on him by his own experience.
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thought-life
theology
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Alister E. McGrath |
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Lewis wanted us to understand that the inner world is shaped by stories.
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thought-life
narrative
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Alister E. McGrath |
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G-rated language is making me a less angry person. Behavior shapes emotion.
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thought-life
discipleship
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A.J. Jacobs |