That Is Life. Quotes
God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw but what they wished me to see.
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.
Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.
Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent.
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.
Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.
You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.
I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished.
The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won.
To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.
Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.
When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.
Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him.
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.
But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.
If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana.
The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.
. . . you have no idea how many people there are in the world whose day could be made and their life changed for the better if someone would just look them in the eye, smile, and say, "Hello.
Only those who are truly aware of their sin can truly cherish grace.
every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.