Benjie Magalong Quotes & Sayings

For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put aside while the one thing is done and little thought is needed to do it ... His hatreds can be expressed without censure, he can let his emotions run free, he can behave as dramatically, as heroically as he likes, and no one laughs at him. It is almost impossible for a man to behave heroically in the cool and ordinary times of peace. But in war anything is allowed him, he is praised and applauded and made much of, as women are excused and allowed for in pregnancy. — Pearl S. Buck

The gospel doesn't erase our past, but it drastically changes our future with a living hope. The gospel gives us the opportunity to be healed and to know God as our Abba Father. With our adoption into God's family comes a radically new life. — Johnny Carr

There are some things I'd like to get into in terms of what's important to me. — Michael Zaslow

Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible — Cherie Carter-Scott

I am, and have always been, a pornographic angel. — Nelson Rodrigues

What if religion was each other? If our practice was our life? If prayer was our words? What if the temple was the Earth? If forests were our church? If holy water - the rivers, lakes, and oceans? What if meditation was our relationships? If the Teacher was life? If wisdom was knowledge? If love was the center of our being. — Ganga White

One thing I've noticed is that the only places people insist you relax are the least relaxing places on the planet. — Robyn Schneider

He snorted. "Are you lying to me, Miss Marshall?"
"Of course I am." She smiled at him. "I thought it would put you at ease. — Courtney Milan

A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully. — Joe Hyams

We do not inherit the Earth from our parents. We borrow her from our children. — Keith David Henry

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others. — Richard Perle

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire. — James Joyce

The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

I thought about the cast of The Wizard of Oz on the yellow brick road and wondered which character I was. Perhaps the Tin Man, in search of a red, pulsating heart. Or at least someone to give it to. — Kate Rockland