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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Believe
Life
Profess
Opposite
Opposites
Inspirational
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In a world apart from God, the power of denial is absolutely essential if life is to proceed. The will or spirit cannot-psychologically cannot-sustain itself for any length of time in the face of what it clearly acknowledges to be the case. Therefore it must deny and evade and delude itself.
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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff.
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Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.
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