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Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. Frederick William Robertson

Broken Men Trial Out Hopes Refined Expectations Improved

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits. Frederick William Robertson

Love Love Is Spirits Merely Between Union Creatures Two

The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It's never imposed on someone. Gene Robinson

Church Some Someone Never Supported Feel Tradition Imposed Truly Celibacy

It's not about me. It's about not having to be ashamed. Gene Robinson

Me About Having Ashamed

You know, we live in a time when if somebody wants to kill you, they're going to kill you, and you can either go in a hole and, you know, pull the roof in over you, or you just continue putting one foot in front of the other and hope that you're doing some good in the world. Gene Robinson

Hope Time Good You World Roof Somebody Live Other Some Foot Putting Over Know Doing Go Continue Front Going Just Wants Either Hole Pull

One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: that's the worst thing. And death is not, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It's not, it's not the end of the world. Gene Robinson

Life Death Faith You World Down Believe Living Christian Worst Worst Thing Know Joys End Up End Of The World Cracked Person Being Your Deep Deep Down Thing

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage. Gene Robinson

Marriage Society Stability Interest Why

The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds. Gene Robinson

Work Marriage Women State Abide Objectionable Generally Does Lots Stability Movement Polygamy Interest Inherent Speaking Grounds Deep Whole

You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures. Gene Robinson

You People Trouble Think He Over Know Also Sort Because Always Lot Established Famous Procedures Chose Jesus

Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so. Gene Robinson

Change Slow Churches Institutions Historically Any Moves Speaking Sudden Resistant

What I love about believing in a living God is that I believe God is constantly revealing God's self to us over time, and with each succeeding generation, we come a little closer to understanding the mind of God. Gene Robinson

It would take wild horses to get me to talk. Gene Scott

Me Wild Wild Horses Would Horses Take Talk Get

Until you know that life is interesting - and find it so - you haven't found your soul. Geoffrey Fisher

Life You Soul Find Know Until Interesting Your Found

I hope that by going to visit the pope I have enabled everybody to see that the words Catholic and Protestant, as ordinarily used, are completely out of date. They are almost always used now purely for propaganda purposes. That is why so much trouble is caused by them. Geoffrey Fisher

Hope Words Trouble Everybody Visit Out See Purely Propaganda Date Purposes Almost Catholic Protestant Always Caused Going Ordinarily Them Much Used Pope Now Why

Once you start, there is no end to who is to go in and who is to be left out. Geoffrey Fisher

You Once Out Go Left End Who Start

I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters. Geoffrey Fisher

Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom. Geoffrey Fisher

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