Crapnell Masonry Quotes & Sayings

Joseph spent most of his life not knowing why God had allowed his brothers to sell him into slavery, why he had allowed him to be brought to a foreign land, why he had allowed him to be falsely accused and thrown into prison. From behind bars, it must have all seemed so unjust. But from the summit of understanding that God later granted him, it all made perfect sense (Genesis 50:20). It was there he learned that the seemingly meandering ways of God weren't simply leading to the shaping of his character but also to the saving of his family (a lineage that led to Christ), preserving them through seven years of famine and prospering them for generations to come. — Ken Gire

Art is love creating the new world and justice is love rolling up its sleeves to heal the old one. — N. T. Wright

Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which is why most men remain average; males are better at hating things that can't hate them back (e.g., lawnmowers, cats, the Denver Broncos, et cetera). They don't see the big picture. — Chuck Klosterman

What is a home without children? Quiet. — Henny Youngman

Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results. — George Coyne

I wanted to tell you that I was so sad I felt as if I might be happy, or in love, simply because such powerful feelings can appear the same to the naive. I was mighty with grief, and I thought I should be empowered by it. I thought my hands should shine with a yellow light, and that should I reach out to touch our mother on the head, I would call her back from the place she'd gone. — Chris Adrian

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down. — George Eliot

My concern is how we live fictions, how fictions have real effects, become facts in that sense, and how our experience of the world changes depending on its arrangement into one narrative or another. — Ben Lerner

It happens to all of us,

What?

A broken heart. — Leah Konen

Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven. Work hard to secure for yourself a place there for ever. — Father Damien

One leg was stained with blood down to the ankle, and he walked with a ginger, spraddled gait, but he would on no account let a "wumman" lay hands on him to see what was the matter. — Diana Gabaldon

You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself. — Barry Hannah

Where you go, I shall follow. — Heather Lyons

Some men find the cool, disinterested, and understated attractive. Makes them think you're deep. — J.D. Robb