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The Church has little idea how unorthodox it is at any given moment. If a church can't yet be perfectly orthodox, it can, with the Holy Spirit's help and by the grace of God, be perpetually reformable.
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humility
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Brian D. McLaren |
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What if the Christian faith is supposed to exist in a variety of forms rather than just one imperial one? What if it is both more stable and more agile--more responsive to the Holy Spirit--when it exists in these many forms? And what if, instead of arguing about which form is correct and legitimate, we were to honor, appreciate, and validate one another and see ourselves as servants of one grander mission, apostles of one greater message, s..
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Brian D. McLaren |
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The scarily brilliant Romantic poet and visionary William Blake dared to say what many of us have perhaps thought but kept to ourselves: "A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation."
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Brian D. McLaren |
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Love all of God's creation, both the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light. Love animals, love plants, love each thing. If you love each thing, you will perceive the mystery of God in things. Once you have perceived it, you will begin tirelessly to perceive more and more of it every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an entire, universal love.
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Brian McLaren |
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If changing strategies doesn't help, you can try to change the game. And if that's not possible, you can at least exercise some control about which games you choose to play. The road to hell is paved with intractable recursions, bad equilibria, and information cascades. Seek out games where honesty is the dominant strategy. Then just be yourself.
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Brian Christian |
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It must grieve God's heart when he sees Christians fighting about whose doctrine is right; he doesn't see denominations, he sees one big glorious bride. When Christians argue about doctrinal issues, all he sees is carnal people acting like children. All that prideful, controlling religious crap is what drives young people away from churches, and it has to go. Much of the world's population is under the age of eighteen, and we have to bring ..
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Brian "Head" Welch |
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Here in the second beatitude, Jesus is making an important announcement to those who, instead of finding a means of avoiding personal pain and shared sorrow, have allowed themselves to be sculpted by pain and sorrow. Jesus seems to be saying that it is those who have given up being comfortably numb through shallow contentment and have instead engaged in the real work of grief--for there is much in this world to grieve over--who are the ones..
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Brian Zahnd |
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There need not be a purpose to a person's death, other than that they have lived the length of their days on this Earth and now begin the longer part of their existence.
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grief
grieving
self-help
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Brian M. Holmes |
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Fundamentalism is to Christianity what paint-by-numbers is to art.
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Brian Zahnd |
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For string theory to make sense, the universe should have nine spacial dimensions and one time dimension, for a total of ten dimensions.
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Brian Greene |
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Even the poorest House can be rich in loyalty. Allegiance that must be purchased by bribes or wages is hollow and flawed, and could break at the worst possible moment. Allegiance that comes from the heart, though, is stronger than adamantium and more valuable than purest melange.
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Brian Herbert |
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Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.
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Brian Herbert |
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Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires.
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Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson |
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No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are all Face Dancers in our souls.
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soul
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Brian Herbert |
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When we try to conceal our innermost drives, our entire being screams betrayal.
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Brian Herbert |
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It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.
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sin
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Brian Herbert |
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Capital," cried Basil. "I could eat a stag, antlers and all. I say they they do make a wonderful nosebag for us wounded heroes, y'know."
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Brian Jacques |
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As we become aware of our spiritual nature, we recognize our true essence. We are immortal and divine. Renouncing violence, hate, dominance, selfishness, and ownership of people and things becomes even easier with this recognition. Accepting love, compassion, charity, hope, faith, and cooperation becomes the natural thing to do.
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Brian L. Weiss |
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Your thoughts, vividly imagined and repeated, charged with emotion, become your reality.
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life-changing
self-help
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Brian Tracy |
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Rule: It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters.
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Brian Tracy |
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Whatever you believe, with conviction, becomes your reality.
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Brian Tracy |
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Every hour, stop and ask: Am I really present in this moment? If not, what are my thoughts focused on? Doing this often will help you return to the present moment.
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moment
present
present-moment
return
thoughts
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Azim Jamal & Brian Tracy |
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Imagine if organized religion organized billions of people and trillions of dollars to tackle the challenges that our economic and political systems are afraid or unwilling to tackle--a planet ravaged by unsustainable human behavior and an out-of-control consumptive economy, the growing gap between the rich minority and the poor majority, and the proliferation of weapons of all kinds--including weapons of mass destruction. "Wow," people fre..
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Brian D. McLaren |
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I have no doubt that Jesus would actually practice the neighborliness he preached rather than following our example of religious supremacy, hostility, fear, isolation, misinformation, exclusion, or demonization.
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religion
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Brian D. McLaren |
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Accumulating orthodoxy makes it harder year-by-year to be a Christian than it was in Jesus' day.
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orthodoxy
religion
tradition
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Brian D. McLaren |
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There is but one truly philosophical problem, and that is suicide," the text began. I winced. "Whether or not the world has three dimensions or the mind nine or twelve categories," it continued, "comes afterward"; such questions, the text explained, were part of the game humanity played, but they deserved attention only after the one true issue had been settled. The book was The Myth of Sisyphus and was written by the Algerian-born philosop..
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Brian Greene |
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The world of the everyday suddenly seemed nothing but an inverted magic act, lulling its audience into believing in the usual, familiar conceptions of space and time, while the astonishing truth of quantum reality lay carefully guarded by nature's sleights of hand.
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science
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Brian Greene |
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Interviewer: What surprises you in life? Nabokov: ...the marvel of consciousness- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidst the night of non-being.
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Brian Boyd |
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Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.
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pressure
stress
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Brian Herbert |
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Seeker, who says religion is the way to God?
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Brian Herbert |
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We are trained to believe and not to know.
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Brian Herbert |
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We could be dreaming all the time, but we do not perceive those dreams while we are awake because consciousness (like the sun obscuring stars during the day) is much too brilliant to allow the unconscious content so much definition.
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Brian Herbert |
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The universe is our picture. Only the immature imagine the cosmos to be what they think it is.
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Brian Herbert |
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The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make . . . and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change.
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Brian Herbert |
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For your business to stand out and succeed, you have to put a primary focus on the social media space, go in big (halfway will not do), and do it better than most, right from the start.
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business
business-advice
executive
management
marketing
social-media
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Brian E Boyd |
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Redwall
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Brian Jacques |
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When I need somebeast to tell me m'name I'll jolly well ask m'self. Pish tush! The very idea, tellin' a chap his own moniker!
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hares
martin-the-warrior
the-legend-of-luke
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Brian Jacques |
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Go find someone who will care for ye good, to sit quiet by yore side at the fire, an' if he treats ye decent as you hoped he would, you'll have all that your heart can desire.
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Brian Jacques |
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You can only make choices for yourself. You can offer to help others find their way, but it is their decision if they will accept your help. You cannot force them to accept, even if you are in the right.
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Brian L. Weiss |
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For you know that you can get nothing more out of this lifetime. When you have time, when you have had the time to rest and re-energize your soul, you are allowed to choose your re-entry back into the physical state. Those people who hesitate, who are not sure of their return here, they might lose the chance that was given them, a chance to fulfill what they must when they're in physical state." I"
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Brian L. Weiss |
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Our task is to learn, to become God-like through knowledge. We know so little. You are here to be my teacher. I have so much to learn. By knowledge we approach God, and then we can rest. Then we come back to teach and help others." I"
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Brian L. Weiss |
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Do you know what hate feels like? Ten thousand pounds upon our shoulders. Every time that we are judged or we judge others, another pound is added, until our bodies are so heavy that we cannot move.
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Brian L. Weiss |
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That we must share our knowledge with other people. That we all have abilities far beyond what we use. Some of us find this out sooner than others. That you should check your vices before you come to this point. If you do not, you carry them over with you to another life. Only we can rid ourselves ... of the bad habits that we accumulate when we are in a physical state. The Masters cannot do that for us. If you choose to fight and not to ri..
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Brian L. Weiss |
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You might look into the eyes of an infant, born mere minutes ago, to find that she is a thousand years old. Their limitless warmth and wisdom belie her true age.
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Brian L. Weiss |