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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
John Ortberg
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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
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The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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