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The victory of faith over the Powers lies, not in immunity to their wrath, but in emancipation from their delusions.

— Walter Wink Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (1992)

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Most Christians desire nonviolence, yes; but they are not talking about a nonviolent struggle for justice. They mean simply the absence of conflict.

Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (2003)

The church says to the lion and the lamb, "Here, let me negotiate a truce," to which the lion replies, "Fine, after I finish my lunch."

Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (2003)

Besides an unmasking of the oppressors, there must also be a healing of the servile will in their victims.

Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (1992)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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