Ajedrez Contra Quotes & Sayings

Wherever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being 'disturbers of the peace' and 'outside agitators.' But they went on with the conviction that they were a 'colony of heaven' and had to obey God rather than man. They were small in number but big in commitment. They were too God-intoxicated to be 'astronomically intimidated.' They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest. Things are different now. The contemporary Church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the archsupporter of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the Church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the Church's silent and often vocal sanction of things as they are. — Martin Luther King Jr.

It's very easy for a church just to slide along from week to week, taking it for granted that we do our services like this and that, and we celebrate the sacraments like this and that. — N. T. Wright

Everything is connected. We see the signs every moment. There are miracles waiting to happen! — Avijeet Das

The life of a singer is you have to pay your bills. You have to take a gig. — Judith Hill

I didn't have the luxury of taking reality for granted. And I wouldn't say I hated people who did, because that's just about everyone. I didn't hate them. They didn't live in my world.

But that never stopped me from wishing I lived in theirs. — Francesca Zappia

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. — Russell Baker

When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge. — Milton H. Erickson

I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best. — Clemence Poesy