# Gehenna ![rw-book-cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91XGZtlonOL._SY160.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Mark Goodwin]] - Full Title: Gehenna - Category: #books ## Highlights - “This body is going in the dirt sooner or later, regardless of what I do to maintain it. My spirit, however, that’s eternal. So what is more important than reading this book? Air? Water? Nothing. Man doesn’t live by bread alone. It’s every word from the mouth of God, that’s what sustains us. ([Location 1950](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081TVF6KV&location=1950)) - But the time invested in feeding my spirit, the minutes spent consuming the Bread of Life, that’s what will count. “I know you’re busy. I’m not asking you to neglect your daily needs or responsibilities. I don’t believe that’s biblical either. But make time for God. Make time for His Word. Make it a priority. And if you plan on giving Him time at the end of the day when everything else is done, you’re planning to give Him nothing. Because that’s always what’s leftover.” ([Location 1965](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081TVF6KV&location=1965)) - “I’m not so sure about that. Right now, we’re under the control of a bunch of self-appointed, self-righteous, autocrats who think they know what’s best for everyone else. But they’re the last vestige of civility. If they perish, the power vacuum left behind will be filled by someone far worse, someone who doesn’t concern themselves with the pretenses of being humane. It’s been a long ride down from where we were, but I’m not ready to call this the bottom.” ([Location 2206](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081TVF6KV&location=2206)) - First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.   Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.   Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.   Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.   Martin Niemöller ([Location 2575](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081TVF6KV&location=2575)) - It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.   Samuel Adams ([Location 2712](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081TVF6KV&location=2712)) - God doesn’t call the qualified. He qualifies the called. ([Location 3244](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081TVF6KV&location=3244))