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Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.
Barbara Brown Taylor
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Barbara Brown Taylor
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: September 21
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When I say I trust Jesus, that is what I mean: I trust that the way of life leads through perishability, not around it.
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Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.
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