Astrid Leong Quotes & Sayings

Dallas Willard explains: The world has succeeded in opposing intelligence to goodness. . . . And today any attempt to combine spirituality or moral purity with great intelligence causes widespread pangs of "cognitive dissonance." [As with Jesus,] Mother Teresa . . . is thought of as . . . nice, of course, but not really smart. "Smart" means good at managing how life "really" is. — Jared C. Wilson

Happiness is tied to circumstance and joyfulness is tied to spirit and gratitude. — Brene Brown

The funniest part of that joke is, 'say what you will about Hitler'.
-to Ricky Gervais on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Jerry Seinfeld

This life is full of trials and tribulations, so you have to capture humor whenever and wherever you can find it. — Steven Callahan

Whatever happened to all of those friends of ours Lotto wondered. The ones who had seemed so essential had faded away. — Lauren Groff

We do do such a variety, especially if you consider all five records. — Josh Silver

No more can this Angel teach her,
Yet, this guiding wing shall not forsake ... — E.A. Bucchianeri

Her aunt seemed to her aggressive and foolish, and to see it so clearly - to judge Mrs. Penniman so positively - made her feel old and grave. She did not resent the imputation of weakness; it made no impression on her, for she had not the sense of weakness, and she was not hurt at not being appreciated. She had an immense respect for her father, and she felt that to displease him would be a misdemeanour analogous to an act of profanity in a great temple; but her purpose had slowly ripened, and she believed that her prayers had purified it of its violence. — Henry James

How can He be perfect? Everything He ever makes ... dies. — George Carlin

There is nothing I fear so much as idleness, the want of occupation, inactivity, the lethargy of the faculties; when the body is idle, the spirit suffers painfully. — Charlotte Bronte

Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God. — Mary Fabyan Windeatt

We cannot scale Mt Everest in 20 minutes, but give us two weeks, and we'll be back with T-shirts for everyone that read, "I climbed Mt. Everest and this lousy T-shirt is all I got. — Matthew Akers

India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there. — Joschka Fischer