Casuistical Quotes & Sayings

Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: 'Ye were bought at a price', and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

True Love Isn't Hearts & Flowers. It's Blood & Guts & Bouquets Of Barbed Wire — Dean Cavanagh

For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but to think himself a respectable man. — George MacDonald

We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture. — Dallas Willard

Peace will never be won if men reserve for war their greatest efforts, Peace, too, requires well-directed and sustained sacrificial endeavor. Given that, we can, I believe, achieve the great goal of our foreign policy, that of enabling our people to enjoy in peace the blessings of liberty. — John Foster Dulles

We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba. — Bonnie Raitt

Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now. — Juliette Binoche

Frisco" - a violation of local custom that, as Herb Caen had impatiently explained for many years, was committed only by clueless rubes. — David Talbot

The first planet that Cooper and his crew visit is Miller's. The most impressive things about this planet are the extreme slowing of time there, gigantic water waves, and huge tidal gravity. All three are related, and arise from the planet's closeness to Gargantua. — Kip S. Thorne

Ninety percent of people support background checks. Which means even people who can't pass a background check support background checks. — Bill Maher

The fulfillment of your dreams lies within you and you alone.
When you understand and accept this then nothing, or no one can deny you greatness. — JohnA Passaro

Nobody works harder at learning than a curious kid. — Thomas L. Friedman

We invent casuistical arguments for ourselves, we take a lesson from the Jesuits, and, for a time, contrive to allay our own doubts and convince ourselves that what we are doing is necessary, absolutely necessary, in a good cause. That is the way we are made; it is all as clear as daylight. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

He had seen the whole Universe stretching to infinity around him - everything. And with it had come the clear and extraordinary knowledge that he was the most important thing in it. Having a conceited ego is one thing. Actually being told by a machine is another. — Douglas Adams

Personally, I'm happy I haven't run into a murderous killer since, well ... since you chopped my ex's head off with a sword. — Amy Plum