Florin Piersic Quotes & Sayings

It is actually helpful to acknowledge the truth that we are just as quirky as everyone else and that God loves quirky! — Stasi Eldredge

A man may read the figure on the dial, but he cannot tell how the day goes, unless the sun shines upon the dial: we may read the Bible over, but we can not learn the purpose, till the Spirit of God shines into our hearts. O implore this blessed Spirit! It is God's prerogative-royal to teach: "I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit." Is. 48. 17. Ministers may tell us our lesson, God only can teach us; we have lost both our hearing and eye-sight, therefore are very unfit to learn. Ever since Eve listened to the serpent, we have been deaf; and since she looked on the tree of knowledge we have been blind; but when God comes to teach, he removes these impediments. — Thomas Watson

We're all frightened sometimes." Leo's voice was barely over a whisper. "But you don't run away. You never run away. — Elizabeth Hunter

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful. — Daniel Day-Lewis

The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking. — Leon Redbone

Our connections to the Oneness of the Universe/God are both physical/atomic matter and nonphysical spiritual/energy. What we can see and measure we consider physical reality, composed of atomic matter. What we cannot always see but can experience or measure the effects of, we consider nonphysical, spiritual reality, composed of energy. — Russell Anthony Gibbs

When trying to explain the violent path of some Islamists, Western commentators sometimes blame harsh economic conditions, dysfunctional family circumstances, confused identity, the generic alienation of young males, a failure to integrate into the larger society, mental illness, and so on. Some on the Left insist that the real fault lies with the mistakes of American foreign policy.
None of this is convincing. Jihad in the twenty-first century is not a problem of poverty, insufficient education, or any other social precondition. (Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was earning more than $90,000 a year working for a drilling company in British Columbia, where he also reportedly proclaimed his support of the Taliban and joked about suicide bombing vests, with no repercussions.) We must move beyond such facile explanations. The imperative for jihad is embedded in Islam itself. It is a religious obligation. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I wish all the dead ideas would stay dead. — Marty Rubin

At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863. — Carl Spitteler

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again. — Paula Cole

In the sacred-time, all beatitudes manifest. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience. — Leo Tolstoy

Not one of the investigations for civil rights violations that Eric Holder brought on behalf of the Department of Justice, resulted in any charges against any of these individuals, not one. I'm not saying investigations shouldn't be brought. But you must bring them responsibly and not create more panic, more fear, more anxiety across this country. — Kimberly Guilfoyle

I went to NYU undergraduate, then for a Master's in English, and got a summer job at St. Vincent's. I was a ward clerk handling everything in an intensive care unit. — Glen Mazzara