Gwilliam Lee Quotes & Sayings

In life, in religion, in science, this I believe: any conviction worth its salt has chosen to cohabit with a piece of mystery, and that mystery is at the essence of the vitality and growth of the thing. The — Krista Tippett

Tonight I wanna dance for all that we've been through. But I don't wanna dance if I'm not dancin with you. Tonight I'm gonna dance like you were in this room. But I don't wanna dance if I'm not dancin with you. — Taylor Swift

The Bible speaks of our relationship with God as knowing and being known (Gal 4:9; 1 Cor 13:12). The goal is not just the sharing of ideas but also of ourselves. Communication can lead to two-way personal revelation that produces what can only be called a dynamic experience. J. I. Packer, in his famous work Knowing God, writes: Knowing God is a matter of personal dealing. . . . Knowing God is more than knowing about him; it is a matter of dealing with him as he opens up to you, and being dealt with by him. . . . Friends . . . open their hearts to each other by what they say and do. . . . We must not lose sight of the fact that knowing God is an emotional relationship, as well as an intellectual and volitional one, and could not indeed be a deep relationship between persons if it — Timothy Keller

It is not from the tall crowded workhouse of prosperity that men first or clearest see the eternal stars of heaven. — Theodore Parker

There is no food closer to my heart than cheese. In fact, according to my doctor, it has nearly filled my aorta. — Stephen Colbert

I try to be patient. I feel like the point of art is to go down within yourself and to pop up into other people. If you're lucky, all of a sudden you're like, "whoop!" You're in other people. — Travis Morrison

One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent. — William Makepeace Thackeray

The world's full of people trying to atone for the things they regret. — Various

Moreover, a Republic trusting to her own forces, is with greater difficulty than one which relies on foreign arms brought to yield obedience to a single citizen. Rome and Sparta remained for ages armed and free. The Swiss are at once the best armed and the freest people in the world. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is all right you're saying you do not need other people, but there are a lot of people who need you. — Sherwood Anderson

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself. — Sharon Olds