Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it
Brennan ManningIn every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
Brennan ManningWhat makes a genius? The ability to see. To see what? The butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in a selfish person, life in death, unity in separation, God in the human and human in God and suffering as the form in which the incomprehensibility of God himself appears.
Brennan ManningReal freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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