Buthow Quotes & Sayings

I am no fan of plane travel. I have always been too skeptical of the physics of the phenomenon to ever be truly comfortable in an airplane. — Julie Metz

To enact a vision of human flourishing based on the qualities of life that Jesus modeled will invariably challenge the given structures of the social order. In this light, there is no true leadership without putting at risk one's time, wealth, reputation, and position. — James Davison Hunter

There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth. — Donald Miller

Helplessness is a place of power if you're helpless before God. Ask God for help in everything you do. — Joyce Meyer

When I felt that fame, people were nosing me out, well I moved on. I used traveling names. Wigs, if necessary. — Joni Mitchell

The Hmong have a phrase, hais cuaj txub kaum txub, which means "to speak of all kinds of things." It is often used at the beginning of an oral narrative as a way of reminding the listeners that the world is full of things that may not seem to be connected but actually are; that no event occurs in isolation; that you can miss a lot by sticking to the point; and that the storyteller is likely to be rather long-winded. — Anne Fadiman

Buddhist writings (including this book) can be likened to a raft. A raft is a very handy thing to carry you across the water, from one shore to another. But once you've reached the other shore, you no longer need the raft. Indeed, if you wish to continue your journey beyond the shore, you must leave the raft behind. Our problem is that we tend to fall in love with the raft. — Steve Hagen

It is in disputes as in armies, where the weaker side sets up false lights, and makes a great noise, to make the enemy believe them more numerous and strong than they really are. — Jonathan Swift

True love is that we should hate whatever interferes with our vision of the high and the lowly. — R.A. Lafferty

I don't want to sound arrogant, but the defense might shut me down on one or two out of five plays, but I'll make them pay eventually. — Jeremy Shockey

If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don't carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away. — Phillip C. McGraw

In reality, is being sedentary a choice to run from our calling by not running after it? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon

I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people. — Dakota Johnson