Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian
The Magnificent Defeat (1966)
“If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.”
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G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
All and Everything: Views from the Real World (1973)
Context: All religions speak about death during this life on earth. Death must come before rebirth. But what must die? False confidence in one’s own knowledge, self-love and egoism. Our egoism must be broken. We must realize that we are very complicated machines, and so this process of breaking is bound to be a long and difficult task. Before real growth becomes possible, our personality must die.
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
First mentioned as "Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking and using our potential." according to Quote Investigator in the 1981 book The Reflecting Pond: Meditations for Self-Discovery by Liane Cordes, Quote Page 89, Hazelden Publishing, Center City, Minnesota. For further research on this quote see: Quote Investigator (August 31, 2013): Continuous Effort — Not Strength or Intelligence — Is the Key to Unlocking and Using Our Potential Winston Churchill? Liane Cordes? Liane Cardes? Apocryphal? Archived http://archive.is/E0M12 on June 2, 2020. <br class="br">Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/08/21/effort/ from the original
“we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.”
Jeffrey Archer book A Prisoner of Birth
Source: A Prisoner of Birth
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 81.
“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!”
Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer
“Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love”
Charles Bukowski book Post Office
Post Office (1971)
Context: Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.
The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)