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If I use the Bible to prove I am right, I have yet to be humbled by the beautiful truths of the Bible.

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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Earthly love… is temporal and slight so that is has to be given again and again in order for us to feel any sense of security but God’s love, God’s voice and presence, would instill our souls with such affirmation we would need nothing more and would cause us to love other people so much we would be willing to die for them.
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Even our beliefs have become trend statements. We don’t even believe things because we believe them anymore. We only believe things because they are cool things to believe.
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Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.
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...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.
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Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.
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The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.
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the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.
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There's a genius part of you that wants to create. That part of you wants to talk to God. Get out of the way.
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It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.
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It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.
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If you don't feel free and be yourself, you can't connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They'll heal your soul.
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Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.
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The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love.
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Moral #1: If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life. Moral #2: Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.
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I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book.I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book. It was a different process for me, but I liked it.
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Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that I wanted to buy her groceries, the government was already doing that. I wanted to buy her dignity. And yet, by judging her, I was the one taking her dignity away.
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I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.
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