Givner Paradis Quotes & Sayings

Surrounded as we are by the wants and woes of our fellow-men, and yet given to follow our own pleasures, regardless of their pains, are we not like people sitting up with a corpse, and making merry in the house of the dead? — Herman Melville

The key of joy is disobedience. — Aleister Crowley

I love the fact that I can mess with someone's head. — Antonio Esfandiari

Cynicism is a sure sign of youth. — Ellen Glasgow

If you have become bitter and sour, it is because when God gave you a blessing you hoarded it. Yet if you had poured it out to Him, you would have been the sweetest person on earth. If you are always keeping blessings to yourself and never learning to pour out anything "to the Lord," other people will never have their vision of God expanded through you. — Oswald Chambers

Eventually it became clear that our emotions, attitudes, and thoughts profoundly affect our bodies, sometimes to the degree of life or death. Soon mind-body effects were recognized to have positive as well as negative impacts on the body. This realization came largely from research on the placebo effect - the beneficial results of suggestion, expectation, and positive thinking. — Larry Dossey

Only the most extraordinary men can choose the remote cliffs as their graveyards; others are always condemned to nearby city gardens! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Pharisees were the upstanding "conservative evangelical pastors" of their day, strongly convinced of the inerrancy of Scripture and its sufficiency for guidance in every area of life, if only it could be properly interpreted.69 Yet it is precisely such an environment in which a healthy perspective on the Bible can easily give way to legalism. — Craig L. Blomberg

The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994. — Tucker Carlson

Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life. — Pope Francis

Whether the British ruling class are wicked or merely stupid is one of the most difficult questions of our time, and at certain moments a very important question. — George Orwell

If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight, do not walk without a guide. — Rumi

Every plant has its fitness and must be placed in its proper surroundings so as to bring out its full beauty. Therein lies the art of landscaping. — Jens Jensen

They do." Apollo's eyes narrowed on me. "But I was hoping there was something knocking around in her brain that held the answer to that little problem But - "
Apollo smacked a hand down on my leg. "Must you always be moving some part of your body? — Jennifer L. Armentrout