Candelas Arvada Quotes & Sayings

Because we approach the gospel with preconceived notions of what it should say rather than what it does say, the Word no longer falls like rain on the parched ground of our souls. It no longer sweeps like a wild storm into the corners of our comfortable piety. It no longer vibrates like sharp lightning in the dark recesses of our nonhistoric orthodoxy. The gospel becomes, in the words of Gertrude Stein, ... a pattering of pious platitudes spoken by a Jewish carpenter in the distant past. — Brennan Manning

It is impossible for me to waste my time in helping another person. — Wayne Dyer

A person, be it a man or a woman, who has not been exposed to the great wonders of literature, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen

Stream of Source Energy flows to you and through you - and that it is you. This Stream flowed before the physical Being that you know as you was born, and it will continue to flow once the physical Being that you know as you experiences what you call "death." Every living thing, animal, human, or plant, experiences that which is called death, with no exception. Spirit, which is who we really are, is eternal. So what death must be is but a changing of the perspective of that eternal Spirit. If — Esther Hicks

I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old. — Patricia Polacco

Let bygones be bygones ... but where I'm from,
We buy guns and more guns, to give to the young. — Kendrick Lamar

Maybonne said "Just because someone has lace-up hip huggers does not mean they can control the world". Then Magreet let her wear those pants. When my aunt saw them on her she shouted "Are you trying to kill me?! — Lynda Barry

It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number. — Bhumibol Adulyadej

She says that in January 1990 when the Berliners saw the smoke coming out of the chimneys they came here to protest. They brought bricks and rocks and built a symbolic wall around the building, to get the Stasi to stop burning the files. She says it is extraordinary that, with all those stones, not one was thrown and that, conversely, not one shot was fired from this building. — Anna Funder

She's pretty, but in her face you can see all the things she's given up on in life. — Anna Gavalda