Akranox Quotes & Sayings

I once heard a theologian remark that in the Gospels people approached Jesus with a question 183 times whereas he replied with a direct answer only three times. Instead, he responded with a different question, a story, or some other indirection. Evidently Jesus wants us to work out answers on our own, using the principles that he taught and lived. — Philip Yancey

Wish for what you want. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Park's eyes got wide. well, sort of wide. Sometimes she wondered if the shape of his eyes affected how he saw things. That was probably the most racist question of all time. — Rainbow Rowell

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings, and fits of emotions begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible: we can say yes, or we can say no.
... "All we are is the result of what we have thought." By changing our mode of thinking, we can remake ourselves completely. — Eknath Easwaran

Don't stop moving - the best time of your life is just around the corner! — Denise Austin

The bad end unhappily; the good, unluckily. That is what tragedy means. — Tom Stoppard

I don't go out much. — Nobu Matsuhisa

I found every single laugh as Laertes that you can find and only realized later that you really shouldn't find any at all. — David Hyde Pierce

No-one is going to die for you, so don't let anyone to tell you how to live while you are alive. — Bryant McGill

There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton