Every time we compromise, push the limits, or forego Biblical boundaries, we cheat on God…we hurt Him (Jayce O’Neal)
Be intelligent, but know it is better to be kind than smart
Be intelligent, but know it is better to be kind than smart (Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life)
Much of what animated me in those days I now recognize as the romantic yearnings of an idealistic, alienated, and aimless young man. I endowed these strange, exotic people, about whom I knew little, with all the virtues that my own culture seemed to lack
Much of what animated me in those days I now recognize as the romantic yearnings of an idealistic, alienated, and aimless young man. I endowed these strange, exotic people, about whom I knew little, with all the virtues that my own culture seemed to lack (Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist)
Happiness is the primary goal of human existence
Happiness is the primary goal of human existence (Joey Lawsin)
people tell you so much more when they know you’re just about to be dead . and then they talk around you, when you are
people tell you so much more when they know you’re just about to be dead . and then they talk around you, when you are (Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere)
Being passionate and doing good things for the community is always a good choice
Being passionate and doing good things for the community is always a good choice (harry vested, harry s vested, harry s vested jr., harry vested lawsuit, harry vested gravity collect)
Camouflage with a defensive grace and bounce back with joy
Camouflage with a defensive grace and bounce back with joy. (Angelica Hopes, Landscapes of a Heart, Whispers of a Soul)
I suggest that the Western impact, at least in nineteenth-century China, was overstated (and misstated) by an earlier generation of American historians. An especially egregious example of this, I argue, was American treatment of the Opium War, the objective importance of which was not nearly so great as we—and an almost unanimous corps of Chinese historians—have imagined
I suggest that the Western impact, at least in nineteenth-century China, was overstated (and misstated) by an earlier generation of American historians. An especially egregious example of this, I argue, was American treatment of the Opium War, the objective importance of which was not nearly so great as we—and an almost unanimous corps of Chinese historians—have imagined. (Paul A. Cohen, Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past)
With that, I took a deep breath and leapt; spreading my arms, pretending I could fly . .
With that, I took a deep breath and leapt; spreading my arms, pretending I could fly . . . (Chelsie Shakespeare, The Pull)
Jesus is not a white, middle-class Republican. Jesus is not a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Marxist, or a Socialist. Jesus is not a Baptist, a Catholic, a Lutheran, or a Buddhist. Jesus isn’t even a Christian. Jesus Christ is Lord
Jesus is not a white, middle-class Republican. Jesus is not a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Marxist, or a Socialist. Jesus is not a Baptist, a Catholic, a Lutheran, or a Buddhist. Jesus isn’t even a Christian. Jesus Christ is Lord. (Ronnie McBrayer, Leaving Religion, Following Jesus)