Heltzel Nathan Quotes & Sayings

The New Testament preaches a Christ who was dead and is alive, not a Christ who was alive and is dead. — James Denney

The world does not have to change ... The only thing that has to change is our attitude. — Gerald Jampolsky

Why study the Bible? You must know truth in order to spot error — Jim George

THE HABIT OF NARRATION, of crafting something miraculous out of the commonplace, was hard to break. Narration came naturally after a time spent in the company of talking scarecrows or disappearing cats; it was, in its own way, a method of keeping oneself grounded, connected to the thin thread of continuity that ran through all lives, no matter how strange they might become. Narrate the impossible things, turn them into a story, and they could be controlled. — Seanan McGuire

I feel like an inadequate machine, a machine that breaks down at crucial moments, grinds to a dreadful hault, 'won't go,' or, even worse, explodes in some innocent person's face. — May Sarton

Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its) - Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already burst well upon the world - a sun, mounting, most illuminating, most glorious - surely never again to set. But against it, deeply entrench'd, holding possession, yet remains, (not only through the churches and schools, but by imaginative literature, and unregenerate poetry,) the fossil theology of the mythic-materialistic, superstitious, untaught and credulous, fable-loving, primitive ages of humanity. — Walt Whitman

Like seeing roasted meat and other dishes in front of you and suddenly realizing: This is a dead fish. A dead bird. A dead pig. Or that this noble vintage is grape juice, and the purple robes are sheep wool dyed with shellfish blood. Or making love - something rubbing against your penis, a brief seizure and a little cloudy liquid. Perceptions like that - latching onto things and piercing through them, so we see what they really are. That's what we need to do all the time - all through our lives when things lay claim to our trust - to lay them bare and see how pointless they are, to strip away the legend that encrusts them. Pride is a master of deception: when you think you're occupied in the weightiest business, that's when he has you in his spell. — Marcus Aurelius

Like attracts like and we attract just what we are in mind. — Ernest Holmes

People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me. — Rhys Ifans

We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other. — Naomi Klein

Purpose should determine approach. At the end of the day, it's what we do, not what we purposed to do, that defines our lives and reputations. — Andy Stanley

Girls can do anything, for sure. Even running in the mud in heels. — Bryce Dallas Howard

For the most part, Americans speak of culture and politics as if they were two separate realms. — Ellen Willis

Do you have a safe place, Becca?"
I release a shaky breath, but I can't seem to look away. "Yes," I whisper. And I hesitate, just for a moment, from telling him the truth. "You. — Jay McLean

A garden is not a picture, but a language. — Henry Mitchell