Fear is a communicable disease – it comes out in the sweat and passes from host to host. Fear is an incendiary agent.
Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them
Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them (Blaise Pascal)
Orthodoxy as right belief will cost us little; indeed, it will allow us to sit back with our Pharisaic doctrines, guarding the ‘truth’ with the purity of our interpretations. But orthodoxy, as believing in the right way, as bringing love to the world around us and within us … that will cost us everything. For to live by that sword, as we all know, is to die by it
Orthodoxy as right belief will cost us little; indeed, it will allow us to sit back with our Pharisaic doctrines, guarding the ‘truth’ with the purity of our interpretations. But orthodoxy, as believing in the right way, as bringing love to the world around us and within us … that will cost us everything. For to live by that sword, as we all know, is to die by it. (Peter Rollins, How (Not) to Speak of God: Marks of the Emerging Church)
Courtship is an activity whereby one losses oneself … whilst trying to win someone’s love
Courtship is an activity whereby one losses oneself … whilst trying to win someone’s love (Mokokoma Mokhonoana)
You can play professional lacrosse, but they make less than a teacher’s salary now. I always thought about that. And it’s a very difficult career, a short career, as a pro athlete
You can play professional lacrosse, but they make less than a teacher’s salary now. I always thought about that. And it’s a very difficult career, a short career, as a pro athlete (Nash Grier)
The road to success in life is never an individual battle but a collective effort
The road to success in life is never an individual battle but a collective effort (Abdulazeez Henry Musa)
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others (Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own)
To become great you have to be good first, and that only occurs by applying yourself. Commit to your passion and refuse to let yourself down
To become great you have to be good first, and that only occurs by applying yourself. Commit to your passion and refuse to let yourself down (Tyconis D. Allison Ty)
The economy is the start and end of everything. You can’t have successful education reform or any other reform if you don’t have a strong economy
The economy is the start and end of everything. You can’t have successful education reform or any other reform if you don’t have a strong economy (David Cameron)
The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school
The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school (Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running)