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Another amazing book! The Mistborn series is easily up there with Dune as some of the best fantasy ever written, and, like Frank Herbert, creates a world and story that seamlessly combine political intrigue, espionage, economics, religion, and so muc
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“Audacious faith is not passive. Neither is audacious prayer. Every aspiration you have in prayer needs an accompanying action. Otherwise you're not really praying. You're just pontificating.
You do the natural. Trust God for the super.”
― Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
You do the natural. Trust God for the super.”
― Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
“The abbot once told me that lying was a betrayal to one’s self. It’s evidence of self-loathing. When you are so ashamed of your actions, thoughts, or intentions, you lie rather than accepting yourself for who you really are—or, in this case, pretend something happened when it didn’t. The idea of how others see you becomes more important than the reality of you.”
― The Crown Conspiracy
― The Crown Conspiracy
“Everyone thinks that hate and love are somehow opposite forces. They are not. They are the same force, facing opposite directions... Love turned the wrong way has killed as many as hate.”
― Battle Ground
― Battle Ground
“If you don't know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it.”
― Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are
― Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are
“Before the Wright brothers flew, flying was fantasy. Before the civil rights movement, people getting along together and the races being equal was a fantasy. Things change because we imagine a different world, a world that is not. And I think that imagination is one of the most important and defining aspects of human existence: our ability to imagine a world that is not.”
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