Declan Mckenna Quotes & Sayings

When our Lord says, 'I have not spoken of Myself' (Jn. 12:49), and again, 'As the Father said to Me, so I speak' (Jn. 12:50), and 'The word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's Who sent Me' (Jn. 14:24), and in another place, 'As the Father commanded Me, even so I do' (Jn. 14:31), it is not because He lacks deliberate purpose or power of initiative, nor yet because He has to wait for the preconcerted key-note, that He employs language of this kind. His object is to make it plain that His own will is connected in indissoluble union with the Father. — Saint Basil

It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private. — Nicholas Sparks

Being free is not being powerful or rich or well regarded or without obligations but being able to love. — Jeanette Winterson

I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple. — Annabelle Selldorf

I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection ... that He would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation. — George Washington

Words, of course, are the most powerful drug used by humanity, — Ashwin Sanghi

Many deaths must go into us reaching that measure, many letting go's. — Elisabeth Elliot

Since you can't be influence by people who hate you, you cannot influence people you hate also. — Israelmore Ayivor