Decretum Madoka Quotes & Sayings

Religion does what philosophy could never do; it shows the equal dealings of Heaven to the happy and the unhappy, and levels all human enjoyments to nearly the same standard. It gives to both rich and poor the same happiness hereafter, and equal hopes to aspire after it. — Oliver Goldsmith

It is not enough for the skeptic, then, to simply dismiss the Christian teaching about the resurrection of Jesus by saying, "It just couldn't have happened." He or she must face and answer all these historical questions: Why did Christianity emerge so rapidly, with such power? No other band of messianic followers in that era concluded their leader was raised from the dead - why did this group do so? No group of Jews ever worshipped a human being as God. What led them to do it? Jews did not believe in divine men or individual resurrections. What changed their worldview virtually overnight? How do you account for the hundreds of eyewitnesses to the resurrection who lived on for decades and publicly maintained their testimony, eventually giving their lives for their belief? — Timothy Keller

I don't think evil is sexy! I don't think being cruel and mean and hurting other people is sexy! ... Although I have been quite attracted to some very bad boys! — Madonna Ciccone

While they were preparing the hemlock, Socrates was learning how to play a new tune on the flute. "What will be the use of that?" he was asked. "To know this tune before dying." If I dare repeat this reply long since trivialized by the handbooks, it is because it seems to me the sole serious justification of any desire to know, whether exercised on the brink of death or at any other moment of existence. — Emil Cioran

Remember our wonderful memories, but please don't be afraid to make some more — Cecelia Ahern

The little suckings and smackings of the perversions are the sounds of joyous infancy. — Mason Cooley

false promises of an easy life or indulgence of sins. But in good times, the cost does not seem so high, and people take the name of Christ without undergoing the radical transformation of life that true conversion implies. — John F. MacArthur Jr.

And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is. — Luke Evans

Love is the only power that heals, connects and includes all ... not by force, but by grace. — Vivian Amis

There is only one death, so let it be in the path of Allah — Sheikh Abdullah

What is it?" I ask, terrified I have done something wrong.
"Nothing," Stirling replies, running a finger over his own lips. "I thought it would be different, that's all. Actually, it was like kissing a girl. Isn't that strange? — K.C. Finn

I hate the beach - I'm a mountain guy. I'd much rather face a bear than a shark. — Jeff Dunham

All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point. — George Will

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties. — Samuel Adams

I have brightness in my soul, which strains toward Heaven. I am like a bird! — Jenny Lind