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He who loves his dream of a community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter, even though his personal intentions may be ever so honest and earnest and sacrificial.

—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Alfred Loisy the 19th century historian was right in saying that Jesus came proclaiming the Kingdom of God but what appeared was the Church. The disappointment was and continues to be severe. But the great irony is that today we alleviate our disappointment with the contemporary Church by pointing back to the New Testament Church --which was the great disappointment to begin with! Our restless discontent should not be over the distance between ourselves and the first century Church but over the distance between ourselves and the Kingdom of God to which the Church then and now is the witness.

—Richard John Neuhaus
In the first century in Palestine, Christianity was a community of believers. Then Christianity moved to Greece and became a philosophy. Then it moved to Rome and became an institution. Then it moved to Europe and became a culture. And then it moved to America and became a business. We need to get back to being a healthy, vibrant community of true followers of Jesus.

—Pricilla Shirer
Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow.

—Swedish Proverb
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

—Margaret Mead
To live above with the saints we love, oh - that will be glory. To live below with the saints below, well - that's another story.

—Unknown
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

—Walter Elliott
The effort necessary to remain uncorrupted in an environment where fear is an integral part of everyday existence is not immediately apparent to those fortunate enough to live in states governed by the rule of law. Just laws do not merely prevent corruption by meting out impartial punishment to offenders. They also help to create a society in which people can fulfil the basic requirements necessary for the preservation of human dignity without recourse to corrupt practices. Where there are no such laws, the burden of upholding the principles of justice and common decency falls on the ordinary people. It is the cumulative effect on their sustained effort and steady endurance which will change a nation where reason and conscience are warped by fear into one where legal rules exist to promote man's desire for harmony and justice while restraining the less desirable destructive traits in his nature.

—Aung San Suu Kyi
In a spirit of shared faith and respect, we feel called to express grave moral concern about your [George W. Bush's] 'Clear Skies' initiative - which we believe is The Administration's continuous effort to weaken critical environmental standards to protect God's creation.

—The National Council of Churches
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

—George Carlin
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

—Maya Angelou
There is no GIANT step that does it. It's a lot of LITTLE steps.

—Peter A. Cohen
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

—Barack Obama
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.

—Thomas Paine
The Bible and Church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation.

—Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.

—Samuel Johnson
People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into episcopal behinds.

—Aldous Huxley
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

—Theodore Roosevelt
Suppose we've chosen the wrong god. Every time we go to church we're just making him madder and madder.

—Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta)
We will either find a way, or make one.

—Hannibal

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