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That’s what commitments are—alternatives to self-obsession. Commitments free us to dedicate ourselves to something bigger than ourselves—to something beyond our shells. The French philosopher Jacques Maritain said that the meaning of life is “self-mastery for the purpose of self-giving.” This is the challenge of growing up—to turn the corner from s... See more
Pete Davis • Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
Simple honesty and humility.
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
The best way to live. Everybody eventually surrenders to something or someone. If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego.
Rick Warren • The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
God gives Himself to those who give themselves to Him. The way does not matter much, as long as it is the way He has chosen for us.
Thomas Merton • A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals
Love demands a complete inner transformation — for without this we cannot possibly come to identify ourselves with our brother. We have to become, in some sense, the person we love. And this involves a kind of death of our own being, our own self.
Catherine Shannon • Overcoming isolation within the self
The basic principles of his way of life cut straight through to the despair of his fellows and found it groundless. By inference he says, “You must abandon your fear of each other and fear only God. You must not indulge in any deception and dishonesty, even to save your lives. Your words must be Yea—Nay; anything else is evil. Hatred is destructive
... See moreHoward Thurman • Jesus and the Disinherited
When learning to let go, we can’t trust our controlling instincts or fear of pain. We must rely on another to teach us surrender. And this is why surrendering to God’s sovereign care is essential to our faith.
Jon Tyson • The Burden Is Light: Liberating Your Life from the Tyranny of Performance and Success
