Avraam Papadopoulos Quotes & Sayings

Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit. — Pema Chodron

For some reason foreign to our modern ears, God tells us that celebration is central to pleasing Him; it is central to leading a good life. Modern American life has no time for serious celebrations as did life in centuries past. We've got work to do; projects and deadlines press us. And yet for all our industrial-strength pragmatism, few if any truly important things get accomplished. We have forgotten that celebration isn't just an option; it's a call to full Christian living.
Celebration is worshiping God with our bodies, with the material creation He has set up around us. Celebrating-whether in feasts, ceremonies, holidays, formal worship, or lovemaking-are all part of obeying God's command to "love the Lord thy God with all thine heart,
with all thy soul, and with all thy strength" (Deut. 6:5; Mk. 12:30). We are to show our love for God not just with one portion of our being (the spiritual aspect); we are to love God with our whole body, heart and strength and legs and lips. — Douglas Wilson

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. — Mother Teresa

We must strongly resist reductions in diversity, especially when it happens, either directly or indirectly, because of our own activities. — David Brandon

One step, and I'll mummify you, Dante. — Ednah Walters

No wonder serial killers liked to chop up women," Julia said. "They seem so much better when they're just bits and pieces. — Ainslie Hogarth

The gods use their chosen hard, but reveal little to them. — Jacqueline Carey

To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success. — Anna Pavlova

It's rare that I turn down a photo or autograph, because these are the people that support me, so why not support them. I love it and I invite it. I love what I do and the whole 'celebrity' life and all that. — Lance Gross

Vagabond Circus was about change. It moved from place to place, and reconfigured based on available performers. The ringmaster loved that about the circus. "Without change, we are dead," he often said. — Sarah Noffke

Half the world's work is done by hopeless neurotics. — Pat Barker

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. — Richard M. Nixon

We grew still and stared at each other. It seemed incredibly dangerous to look into each other's eyes, but we were doing it. For how long can you behold another person? Before you have to think of yourself again, like dipping the brush back in for more ink. For a very long time, you didn't need to get more ink, there was no reason to get anything else, because she was as good as me, she lived on earth like me, she suffered as I did. — Miranda July

He shakes his head and his mouth is quirked at one corner. I can't tell if he thinks I am sort of amusing or truly pathetic. It's especially hard to tell because we are both looking resolutely at the teacher so she can't accuse us of not paying attention. We talk out of the sides of our mouths, like gangsters in those old movies my dad likes to watch. — Stephanie Wardrop