Top Quotes You, just as you are, and your life here, right now, are all there is and all you need to know. You don't have to do anything special. Mostly, you have to be open to meeting face to face, and even dancing with, the truth that pertains to your life right now. You have to find a way to collect your fractured pieces, examine them, and the accept them as part of who you are. Spiritual practice is about transformation, but it's also, and more importantly, about working with what is. angel Kyodo Williams dancing practice spiritual The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness. Arthur W. Pink christian lakes jesus Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it! Ben Mikaelsen never-quit writing reality When the women start to push 40, they're not single, fun girls around town any more. Darren Star girl fun He who has no opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock slave opinion taste I've had a number of opportunities to hear Andrei Ryabov perform and I am amazed at the high level of creativity, technique and freshness in his playing. Gene Bertoncini creativity opportunity numbers It is necessary; therefore, it is possible. Giuseppe Antonio Borgese new-beginnings recovery addiction Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun tolerance political hatred Few generals were as brilliant as Robert E. Lee and few battles as titanic -- and puzzling -- as Gettysburg. Why did Lee fail? In Lost Triumph, Tom Carhart offers a bold and provocative new assessment. Agree or disagree, it is sure to stimulate debate among even the most seasoned Civil War buffs. Jay Winik assessment battle war I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos. Josephine de La Baume parent brother beautiful I know stuff about 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Star Wars,' but 'Star Trek,' I don't know. Kunal Nayyar stars stuff war What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow. Lev S. Vygotsky able teaching children But most of all I was inspired by the stirring examples of all the other runners. In some pictures they would seem like tiny dots in a mosaic, but each had a separate narrative starting a few months or a lifetime earlier and finishing that day in the New York City Marathon, the race with 37,000 stories. Mark Sutcliffe cities new-york running Every Christian should find for himself the imperative and incentive to become holy. If you live without struggle and without hope of becoming holy, then you are Christians only in name and not in essence. But without holiness, no one shall see the Lord, that is to say they will not attain eternal blessedness. It is a trustworthy saying that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners (I Tim. 1:15). But we deceive ourselves if we think that we are saved while remaining sinners. Christ saves those sinners by giving them the means to become saints. Patriarch Philaret of Moscow religious christian inspirational So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie. Peter Baynham film sticks trying I'm not so interested in the effort that it takes to have a self-promotional outlook. I believe in being quiet and making my work and just trying to make discoveries and let the painting evolve. Philip Taaffe effort trying believe Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrivaled by any other connection. Sara Shandler consistency support friendship People went through life like well handled jugs, collecting chips and scrapes and stains from wear and tear, from holding and pouring life. Sarah Hall jugs tears people Museums have these great collections and the reality is they attract a regional audience not a national audience. Scotty Cameron audience museums reality We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That's all that really matters, I think. Tommy Douglas helping-others character thinking
