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- Our Identity in Christ, Part One (February 6, 2010)
- "I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now that I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin, actress, quoted by Jane Wagner
- Dave Dravecky, former pro baseball pitcher, upon losing his arm to cancer said, "My arm was to me what hands are to a concert pianist, what legs are to a ballerina, what feet are to a marathon runner. It was what the people cheered me for, what they pain their hard-earned money to see. It is what made me valuable, what gave me worth, at least in the eyes of the world. Then suddenly, my arm was gone." - Dave Dravecky, When You Can't Come Back (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing, 1992), p. 125
- "Know thyself." - Inscription at the Delphic Oracle
- "Only the shallow know themselves." - Oscar Wilde, 19th-century British wit and author
- "The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself." - Thales of Miletus, ancient Greek philosopher
- "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." - Andre Gide, 20th-century French writer
- "The ancient human question 'Who am I?' leads inevitably to the equally important question 'Whose am I?' - for there is no self outside of relationship." - Parker Palmer, current U.S. writer, teacher
- Retreating Before You Charge (May 8, 2010)
- "The best thinking has been done in solitude." - Thomas A. Edison, 19th-century U.S. inventor
- "The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline toward the religion of solitude." - Aldous Huxley, 20th-century English novelist and critic
- "People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve." - John Miller
- "What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist." - Eric Hoffer, 20th-century U.S. social writer
- "The strongest man upon earth is he who stands most alone." - Henrik Ibsen, 19th-century Norwegian poet and playwright
- "He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom." - Arthur Schopenhauer, 19th-century German pessimist philosopher
- "The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company." - Seneca, 1st-century Roman statesman and philosopher
- "It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them... Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say." - Thomas Merton, 20th-century U.S. clergyman and author
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