Constructys Opca Quotes & Sayings

Let me not be found a double-minded man - but one entirely under the powerful influence of reigning grace; — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so close to Rom. 'I thought we had convinced him that I was leading a blameless life?' 'We had, till you burst out of that damnable cake. — Eva Ibbotson

Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention be carefully fixed, that you slip not into the manner of the vulgar (the uninstructed). — Epictetus

We need to sharpen our focus & live to the point just like a pencil. — Robin S

Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first. — Timothy Keller

Sorrow is sweetness that has been transformed — Jim Nail

He traced the shape of the bird, wondering what she could have done to merit writing herself a memo on her body.
"It's a very permanent sort of reminder."
She raised herself up slightly, catching his gaze and holding it. "They were really bad mistakes. — Ruthie Knox

I am still simple, just as if I were beginning. — Compay Segundo

Mao relied on propaganda and education - "Thought Reform," as he called it, which became known colloquially as xinao, or "mind-cleansing." (In 1950, a CIA officer who learned of it coined the term brainwashing.) — Evan Osnos

The mythological Narcissus rejected the advances of the nymph Echo and was punished by the goddess Nemesis. He was consigned to pine away as he fell in love with his own reflection - exactly as Echo had pined away for him. How apt. Narcissists are punished by echoes and reflections of their problematic personalities up to this very day.
Narcissists are said to be in love with themselves.
But this is a fallacy. Narcissus is not in love with himself. He is in love with his reflection.
There is a major difference between one's True Self and reflected-self. — Sam Vaknin

Jade felt the cool rain on her new shapechanger skin. — Isabelle Hardesty