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1905–1997 China
Witness Lee (Chinese: 李常受; pinyin: Lǐ Chángshòu; 1905 – June 9, 1997) was a Chinese Christian preacher and hymnist belonging to the Christian group known as the local churches (or Local Church) in Taiwan and the United States.
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"Human religion is always like this: it begins by serving God and it ends by killing people."
"Religion is much used by the usurper to keep God’s chosen people under his oppression."
"Holiness is the manner of this life that enjoys the divine nature to the uttermost."
"Each human being is a totality of the human life."
"Being slow means not acting when there is time to act, whereas being stable means allowing time to do its work."
"Faults invariably exist among the good, and merit among faults."
"Never neglect your daily living, for it builds up your habits."
"Whether a matter is great or small, its importance and weight depend on whose hands it is in."
"To be slow is to miss a present opportunity, whereas to be patient is to anticipate a coming opportunity."
"Efforts at self-vindication are a sign of their selfcondemnation."
"Patience is not passivity; it is aggressiveness without anxiety."
"The more spiritual we become, the more normal and human we will be."
"The highest morality is one in which divinity is added to our humanity. This is the divine attributes of God expressed in the created virtues of man."
"All religions lead to hypocrisy. Nowhere is hypocrisy more prevailing than in religion. Religion is a field, a realm, for hypocrisy to prevail."
"The second generation did not pass through as much as the first generation did, but they received the benefit of what the first generation experienced."
"If we are short of grace and lack the wisdom to handle a particular situation, we may need to be silent. But we must never be political."
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