Bengoa San Juan Quotes & Sayings

Let us begin by turning the skeptic's question on its head. If you could believe in God, why wouldn't you? There is good evidence that those who believe in a loving God have happier lives. Loneliness is bad for people in many different ways - it diminishes immune function, increases blood pressure, and depresses cognitive function - and we know that people who believe in God are less lonely. — T.M. Luhrmann

For Judaism, sin is a deed, not a condition. — Harold S. Kushner

I read old novels. The reason is simple: I prefer proper endings. Marriages and deaths, noble sacrifices and miraculous restorations, tragic separations and unhoped-for reunions, great falls and dreams fulfilled; these, in my view, constitute an ending worth the wait. They should come after adventures, perils, dangers and dilemmas, and wind everything up nice and neatly. Endings like this are to be found more commonly in old novels than new ones, so I read old novels. — Diane Setterfield

Because a warrior carries helmet and breastplate for his own protection, but his shield for the safety of the whole line. — Steven Pressfield

Everything Can Change in One Moment of Time — Debbie Ann Egdell

Maybe it's because I grew up during the MTV generation, but to me a perfect song is one I can imagine a music video to, a song that can take you into a dream. — Dan Chaon

I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models. — John Amaechi

Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily. — Cormac McCarthy

But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage. — Jack Kingston

I'm not a brave person; I'm an angry person on occasion. — Ray Bradbury

If an artist tries consciously to do something to others, it is to stretch their eyes, their thoughts, to something they would not see or feel if the artist had not done it. To do this, he has to stretch his own first. — Henry Moore

The decline of handicrafts in modern times is perhaps one of the causes for the rise of frustration — Eric Hoffer

I always hoped that I would settle down with someone. Marriage, I could really give two shits about, as an institution, but it makes things easier. — Dale Peck

[Phil. 4:8, 9] Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Whatever — Anonymous