L.J. Smith Quotes

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.

If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.

You can be a pharaoh. Like, a pharaoh means, that which you will become.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.

I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

Haters are the people who will broadcast your failures and whisper your success.

May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright, Of soft and golden hue, Pierce through the future's veil and show, What fate now holds for you?

We should not take the blessings of God for granted. We should always be careful to give God praise and thanksgiving for the work that he does in our lives.

The mission of the church is missions.

Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.

Personality is lower than partiality.

Breathing is meditation; life is a meditation. You have to breathe in order to live, so breathing is how you get in touch with the sacred space of your heart.

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.

God will help us become the people we are meant to be, if only we will ask Him

So let me end with the wish that you find the same kind of happyiness, and laughter, and love, that I have found, and that you have the wisdon to make them last.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.

Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.

I never get out of bed in the morning without having communion with God in the Spirit.

Everything of worth is found full of difficulties.

Don't take your health for granted. Don't take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.

There are two sides to this Baptism: The first is, you possess the Spirit; The second is that the Spirit possesses you.

You don’t have to be good to be Jesus’s friend. You just have to be honest.

I didn't become successful until I became myself

They want you to believe the Sun is hot. I urge you to ask yourself 'Have they ever touched it? Think about it.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

For some reason, people think I am this terrible person and it really hurts me to hear that. I am just doing the best I know how to.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

When you get into the granny era, you're lucky to get anything.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

Ritualism is nothing more than a rut and the only difference between a rut and a grave is the length and the depth.

The message of Easter is not that Jesus is alive, it is so much more. The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!

Grace is God-given power to live differently.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not made of glass." He carried me into our room and kicked the door shut behind us.

One doesn't lose a self, like a pair of gloves or a pine. We learn and change, or we harden into stone.

Indie film isn’t dead. It just grew up.

Because you showed one face to all the rest of the world, and another to me.

You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person.

Research cannot be forced very much. There is always danger of too much foliage and too little fruit.