Angelika Libera Quotes & Sayings

It is best to think of a pastoral transition as a blended family in which former effective ministries are adopted by the new pastor while new ministries are birthed as well. — Carolyn Weese

I am a democrat [proponent of democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man.
I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise and good that every one deserved a share in the government.
The danger of defending democracy on those grounds is that they're not true ... I find that they're not true without looking further than myself. I don't deserve a share in governing a hen-roost. Much less a nation ...
The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters. — C.S. Lewis

The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. — George W. Bush

Remember: Writing is drawing. — Danny Gregory

I was not called to be a preacher. I am a speaker who is a Christian. I'm not a Christian speaker. — Andy Andrews

It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people. — Bryant Gumbel

Please don't forget: I am my body. When my body gets smaller, it is still me. When my body gets bigger, it is still me. There is not a thin woman inside me, awaiting excavation. I am one piece. I am also not a uterus riding around in a meat incubator. There is no substantive difference between the repulsive campaign to separate women's bodies from their reproductive systems - perpetuating the lie that abortion and birth control are not healthcare - and the repulsive campaign to convince women that they and their body size are separate, alienated entities. Both say, "Your body is not yours." Both demand, "Beg for your humanity." Both insist, "Your autonomy is conditional." This is why fat is a feminist issue. All — Lindy West

That man who is more than his chemistry, walking on the earth, turning his plow point for a stone, dropping his handles to slide over an outcropping, kneeling in the earth to eat his lunch; that man who is more than his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis. But the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only chemistry; and he is contemptuous of the land and of himself. — John Steinbeck

Loony hillbillies destabilized by gross quantities of impure corn liquor and generations of profoundly unbiblical sex; — Bill Bryson

Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility. — Richard St. Barbe Baker

I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything. — Raha Moharrak

Kaohinani is a Hawaiian word meaning gatherer of beautiful things. — Rob Brezsny

Alaythia smiled sympathetically. "The Coast of the Dead. Sounds lovely, doesn't it?"
Simon tried to smile back. "Someone in a good mood named that place. — Jason Hightman

Modesty of a way of living,
makes it worth while.

Petra Hermans — Petra Hermans

Your limitation lies in your imagination. — Lailah Gifty Akita