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There can be no doubt that Jesus was a remarkably cheerful person and that his joy, like his faith and hope, was infectious.

— Albert Nolan Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

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The values of the kingdom [of God] are different from, and opposed to, the values of this world.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

The kingdom of God, like any other kingdom, cannot be within a man; it is something within which a man can live.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

The leaders and scholars of Jesus’ time had first enslaved themselves to the law.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

Jesus wanted to liberate everyone from the law — from all laws.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

Man must therefore take responsibility for his servant, the law, and use it to serve the needs of mankind.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

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

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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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