“In every case, here's the challenging bottom line: practicing tough love is- without question- toughest on the man who loves the most.”
Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 99
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton, as per Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34.
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As quoted in Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34
“We question most of the mantras around here periodically, in case you hadn't noticed.”
[199705101952.MAA00756@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“"Tough love" is just the right phrase: love for the rich and privileged, tough for everyone else.”
Powers and Prospects, 1996, p.137
Quotes 1990s, 1995-1999
“To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings.”
"How to Love God" (12 September 1954) http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/lovegod.html <!-- Also in The Path of Love (1986) -->
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Context: When a person tells others “Be good”, he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not. When he says “Be brave, honest and pure”, he conveys to his hearers the feeling that the speaker himself is all that, while they are cowards, dishonest and unclean.
To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.
If, instead of seeing faults in others we look within ourselves we are loving God.
You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think (2009)
The most eloquent of philosophers sits at His feet and marvels at both His words and His life. To those who disagree, I would simply challenge you to read the Gospel of John, and see for yourself. Never did any man speak like this Man.
Source: You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think (2009)