Kindle Quotes

The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not. The existence or nonexistence of a creator is independent of our desires. A world without God or purpose may seem harsh or pointless, but that alone doesn’t require God to actually exist.

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—	Lawrence Krauss A Universe from Nothing (via Oscar Calvo)

Since the play has been so good, clap your hands And all of you dismiss us with applause.

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—	Simon Baker Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (via tautologies)

a revolution will be the very last resource of the thinking and the good.

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—	Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France (Illustrated) (via Vikki)

You see, you can’t say that you truly “trust God,” unless you’ve had your faith put to the test … unless you’ve had the opportunity to “distrust” Him.

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—	Cherie Hill Waiting On God (via STEVEN LYNN)

Why do we sing when we mourn? Why do we adorn graves with flowers? Because we know death can only be recognized by the living, sorrow can only be shared by those who grieve, and there is no shame in dying. Death may look like failure to those who worship life. The grave may appear as a dark reminder for those who seek repose in the busyness of daily demands. But, for those of us who have died with Christ Jesus, if his death teaches us anything it’s this: what looks like failure is really victory; what

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—	Rodney Reeves Spirituality According to Paul: Imitating the Apostle of Christ (via Clint Walker)

Laws are commanded to hold their tongues amongst arms; and tribunals fall to the ground with the peace they are no longer able to uphold.

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—	Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France (Illustrated) (via Vikki)

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—	Charles Duhigg The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (via Jorge Ornelas)

To take in the smell of death-Christ’s death and ours-is to declare that we are very much alive. Rather than hide from the inevitable, we choose death on his terms. Since all of us have to die, we might as well not die in vain. Most of us think we’re put here on earth to learn how to live. In truth, Jesus taught us that the only way to live is to learn how to die, a little every day. Paul called it a “living sacrifice,” a paradox that makes perfect sense to those who breathe deeply the aroma of Christ.We

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—	Rodney Reeves Spirituality According to Paul: Imitating the Apostle of Christ (via Clint Walker)

Early Spanish and, as we will see, English colonists were not interested in tilling the soil themselves; they wanted others to do it for them, and they wanted riches, gold and silver, to plunder.

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—	Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (via Andrés Puentes)

Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you’re labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination—employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food stamps and other public benefits, and exclusion from jury service—are suddenly legal. As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow. We have not ended racial caste…

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—	Michelle Alexander The New Jim Crow (via Mr.TramueL)