"The value of life lies not in how long we live or how much worldly praise we receive, but in whether we faithfully fulfill the mission God has entrusted to us and illuminate those places most in need with the light of His love and redemption."
"The deepest part of life holds a mystery: when we cease trying to control our destiny and instead submit our will entirely to the supreme divine order, the soul attains eternal peace that transcends time and death."
— Richard Wilhelm
Source: Chinese Philosophy
Life, mystery, destiny, will, order, time, death, peace
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"God doesn't need us to build magnificent stone churches for Him; what He wants is for us to build living temples of love and hope in the hearts of the poor, the suffering, and the forgotten."
— Vincent Lebbe
Source: Father Raymond Leigh's Maxims and Thoughts
Church, love, hope
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"The future of the Chinese Church does not depend on how many outstanding missionaries we send from the West, but on whether we can cultivate faithful, holy, and deeply loving local clergy for this land."
— Celso Costantini
Source: Memoirs of China
Church, missionary, holiness
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"In the ruins of Yinxu in Anyang, I not only saw the Yin-Shang civilization that had been dormant for three thousand years, but also the universal grace and arrangement that God has shown throughout the long history of mankind and different ethnic cultures."
"Our mission is not to destroy another temple with the pride of conquerors, but to enter into the hearts of those who have long sought the light in darkness with the love and humility of Christ; not to deny their past search, but to proclaim to them the accomplished one who has long been prepared."