Cribellum Quotes & Sayings

Philip got out of God's way. He remembered that what makes the gospel offensive isn't who it keeps out, but who it lets in. — Rachel Held Evans

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life. — William Lyon Phelps

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own. — Albert J. Nock

Knowledge and personality make doubt possible, but knowledge is also the cure of doubt; and when we get a full and adequate sense of personality we are lifted into a region where doubt is almost impossible, for no man can know himself as he is, and all fullness of his nature, without also knowing God. — Thornton T. Munger

To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision. — Leonard Cohen

So they loved as love in twain
Had the essence but in one;
Two distinct, divisions none ... — William Shakespeare

Some say the heart is the most selfish organ in the body because it keeps all the good blood for itself. It takes in all the good blood, the most oxygenated blood, and then distributes the rest to every other organ. So, in a sense maybe the heart is selfish. But if the heart didn't keep the good blood for itself, the heart would die. And if the heart died, it would take every other organ with it. The liver. The kidneys. The brain. The heart, in a way, has to be selfish for its own preservation. So, don't let people tell you that you're selfish and wrong to follow your own heart. I urge you, I give you permission, to break the rules, to think outside the norms of traditional society. — Vishen Lakhiani

In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility. — Terry Eagleton

In life, if you want to be happy, choose to be optimistic. — Lionel Suggs

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous. — Marion Jones

When there's a moon the shadows in the house grow larger;
invisible hands draw back the curtains,
a pallid finger writes forgotten words on dust
of the piano ... — Yiannis Ritsos