"God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything."
-Bede Griffiths
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"It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding.“
-Bede Griffiths
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"I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage."
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"Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men."
-Bede Griffiths
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"I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind."
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"Faith is a higher faculty than reason."
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"I've always had great faith in people."
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"I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey."
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