Dellaporta Yale Quotes & Sayings

Love is an active construction, and choice, not just an encounter that happens by chance. — Masha Tupitsyn

If we can accept those who disagree with us, who are hurt and full of misunderstandings, we must treat them like Christ himself and love them as part of his body. No matter even how brethren can be used of the enemy even to sow discord, we must love such brethren for in the end we could be in a similar situation. No one is better we all need each other, God is not on the side of one of his children but loves all equally and desires to see all grow in him and become more like His Son Jesus. — Greg Gordon

Even when a bird walks, one feels it has wings. — Antoine-Marin Lemierre

And here again we ought to observe that we are called to a knowledge of God: not that knowledge which, content with empty speculation, merely flits in the brain, but that which will be sound and fruitful if we duly perceive it, and if it takes root in the heart.29 For the Lord manifests himself by his powers, the force of which we feel within ourselves and the benefits of which we enjoy. — John Calvin

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people. — Hope Solo

And before they ate the last supper of life-ending mushrooms, they would pound the drums and sound the hours. They would ready the souls of their bodies, the soul of the eyes, the soul of the mouths, all of them, one by one. They would know to be ready, to not dillydally and get left behind. Soon the soldiers would arrive. They would stab them with their bayonets, shoot them with their rifles, but they would already be gone, their bodies empty like the hollow husks of the emeralds beetles. — Amy Tan

Emotions are messengers that carry information. Spiritual growth depends upon receiving that information & using it. — Gary Zukav

I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that. — Julian Casablancas

According to an ancient and common tradition in the kingdom of Great Britain, this king did not die, but was transformed into a raven by the art of enchantment and, in the course of time, he shall return to rule again and regain his kingdom and his scepter. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

To be a storyteller is to be able to speak truth, to be able to use your imagination, to use the creative gifts that the Creator has given you. — Common

Russell Crowe is normally an actor who disappears so far into his characters you'd swear his DNA has been altered. — David Edelstein

I try to eat healthily, but I love fried food and bad things. Give me a plate of bread, some oil and salt and I'm happy. But you can't eat like this all the time. — Penelope Cruz

We should show life neither as it is or as it ought to be, but only as we see it in our dreams. — Leo Tolstoy

I'll break you with my love and put you back together. — C.D. Reiss