External Locus Of Identity Quotes & Sayings

We don't always possess faith in the sense of having a clear embodiment of something to hang on to. The relationship between the intellect and faith is a very curious one. Sometimes the intellect can point us to faith, sometimes the intellect can stand in the way of faith. Sometimes, as St John of the Cross points out, we have to darken or blind the intellect in order to have faith. — Kevin Hart

Riley. How bad has it been?"
"Just fabulous. The demonic kitten really made my night. — Jana Oliver

An external locus of identity is unhealthy and yet the very thing that social media encourages in those with low self-esteem. — Sam Owen

I had no idea what to say. A silence descended on us as sudden as the instant fresh oil is poured into a large frying pan. — Haruki Murakami

Calvin: Dear Santa, before I submit life to your scrutiny, I demand to know who made YOU the matter of my fate?! Who are YOU to question my behavior, HUH??? What gives you the right?!
Hobbes: Santa makes the toys, so he gets to decide who to give them to.
Calvin: Oh. — Bill Watterson

Do books, after all, change anything? For all their proverbial liberalism, have they made the world more liberal? Or have they offered the fig leaf that allows us to go on as we were, liberal in our reading and conservative in our living. Perhaps art is more part of the problem than the solution; we may be going to hell, but look how well we write about it, look at our paintings and operas and tragedies. — Tim Parks

I am compelled, because of my faith, to have compassion for the weak and vulnerable in our midst. — Frank Wolf

She doesn't remember the twentieth century. Isn't that terrifying? — Tom Rachman