Carevalue Quotes & Sayings

If our Christianity has ceased to be serious about discipleship, if we have watered down the gospel into emotional uplift which makes no costly demands and which fails to distinguish between natural and Christian existence, then we cannot help regarding the cross as an ordinary everyday calamity, as one of the trials and tribulations of life. We have then forgotten that the cross means rejection and shame as well as suffering . — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

They were like two enemies in love with one another. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit. — Jules Verne

There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth. — Michael Gambon

There are no monotone "values" in biology. — Gregory Bateson

I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew. — Lizzie Andrew Borden

Ah, sarcasm. The final refuge of the desperate. — Ashlyn Macnamara

Either we are in the universe to inhabit the eternity of our souls and grow real, or else we might as well dedicate our days to shopping and kill time watching talk-shows. — John O'Donohue

I suppose that's an inevitable part of human existence, but in the bosom of a close family it can, at least, be endured. For the homeless, there is no relief. Without family or friends there's only the pain. — Peter Kirby

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. — Sophocles