That Is Life. Quotes

You cannot solve a problem in the same frequency in which it was created.

I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.

I believe in a benevolent God not because He created the Grand Canyon or Michelangelo, but because He gave us snacks.

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.

My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes.

The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.

. . . owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do.

Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them.

The panorama-city is a 'theoretical' (that is, visual) simulacrum, in short a picture, whose condition of possibility is an oblivion and a misunderstanding of practices.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

[T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people. (68)

God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.

You can't regret the life you didn't lead.

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.

Authentic gospel preaching always engages people with eternal issues.

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

To travel is to live.

Very evil people cannot really be imagined dying.

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.

In the light of trust, as it develops slowly over time, you will find that you are a privileged child of the universe, entirely safe, entirely supported, entirely loved.

Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write

You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.

Denial is the lid on our emotional pressure cooker: the longer we leave it on, the more pressure we build up. Sooner or later, that pressure is bound to pop the lid, and we have an emotional crisis.

You are afraid to die, and you’re afraid to live. What a way to exist.

See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn't bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.

The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.

We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.

Have Fun Storming the Castle!

People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.

Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.

Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness.

The mountains themselves call us into greater stories.

You will be blessed the moment you realize you already are.

Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.

Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.

With stillness comes the benediction of Peace.

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

To understand the journey you have to do the walking.

The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.

It's our faith that activates the power of God.

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.