Broken Man – Quotes

To live with the

To live with the work and the letters of James Joyce was an enormous privilege and a daunting education. Yes, I came to admire Joyce even more because he never ceased working, those words and the transubstantiation of words obsessed him. He was a broken man at the end of his life, unaware that Ulysses … Read more

A church without the

A church without the broken is a broken church. Ed Stetzer

It is easier to

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass

The church is not

The church is not made up of spiritual giants; only broken men can lead others to the cross. David Bosch

If a piece of

If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal. Annie Proulx

Do not be too

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. Ali ibn Abi Talib

You will have to

You will have to go deep into man. From where comes this violence? From where comes this exploitation? From where come all these ego-trips? From where? They all come from unconsciousness. Man lives asleep, man lives mechanically. That mechanism has to be broken, man has to be re-done. That is the religious revolution that has … Read more

I turn to right

I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another’s good in all he does – he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise.
Abolqasem Ferdowsi