Christianese Words Quotes & Sayings

The girl was not specifically religious; [...] yet although her faith was nameless her way of living was somehow an affirmation of life rather than a negation of it. — R.D. Laing

If dark matter and dark energy are 95 percent of everything, shouldn't we all be asking questions about that? What does that look like? — Shea Hembrey

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. — William James

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode. — Linda Cardellini

He set down the milk pails to rest and stared at the bright house. This was a man's great joy, to come at nightfall after his day's work to a lighted house. . . . and his beloved was waiting for him with food and warmth and comfort. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

He who unlocks his greatest potential will reap his greatest treasures. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved. — Irwin Edman

Definition. How can she not see that when you are defined, you lose the ability to define yourself? — Neal Shusterman

The "name" of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down to the least particle, is a being in relation, and thus God-relation shines forth, ultimately creative Love shines forth. All comes from love, tends toward love, and is moved by love, naturally, according to different grades of consciousness and freedom ... The strongest proof that we are made in the image of the Trinity is this: only love makes us happy, because we live in relation, and we live to love and be loved. — Pope Benedict XVI

In all my close friendships, words are the bricks I use to build bridges. To know someone I need to hear her, and to feel known, I need to be heard by her. The process of knowing and loving another person happens for me through conversation. I reveal something to help my friend understand me, she responds in a way that assures me she values my revelation, and then she adds something to help me understand her. This back-and-forth is repeated again and again as we go deeper into each other's hearts, minds, pasts, and dreams. Eventually, a friendship is built - a solid, sheltering structure that exists in the space between us - a space outside of ourselves that we can climb deep into. There is her, there is me, and then there is our friendship - this bridge we've built together. — Glennon Doyle Melton

Cats never weep, she told herself, no more than wolves. It's just a stupid dream. — George R R Martin