![[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist's shop.](/assets/img/quote-photos/god-will-not-be-used-as-a-convenience-men-or-nations-who-think-they-can-revive.jpg)
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The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered. The disciple is dragged out of his relative security into a life of absolute insecurity... out of the realm of the finite...into the realm of infinite possibilities. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. Antisthenes
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