Hinomaru Flag Quotes & Sayings

I am confident that the next century will be better than this one. — Dalai Lama

Christians know how to face difficulties, trials and defeat with serenity and hope in the Lord. — Pope Francis

It is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us. — Terence McKenna

A goal is not just an object on a pitch; it is also a milestone on your journey of excellence. — Onyi Anyado

Toughened or coarsened by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn't. His whole life was being a judge. — Jeffrey Toobin

Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained. And whenever men have attempted any thing by this violent course, whether openly or by secret means, the issue has been pernicious, and the cause of great and wonderful innovations in the principallest and mightiest kingdoms and countries ... — Roger Williams

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in. — Billy Sunday

Pleasure is 'suffering' (vedna) and pain is distress as well. If pleasure is 'suffering', it cannot be considered a pleasure. If pleasure is enjoyed excessively, it becomes 'suffering'. How can it be considered a pleasure? These are all entanglements of those living in illusion [of the Self]. To live in the ocean of happiness and yet no dislike arises; that is known as true happiness. — Dada Bhagwan

We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less. — Barbara Lee

She wants to slap everyone today, to pick up the whole sweat-slick City and punch its lights out. — Emma Donoghue

Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself. — Brandon Sanderson

answer is, that the nronhet must w-iit with patience and faith: that all should be set r'ght in due time; ard the enemies of G~d and his people punished accord ing to their deserts. — Anonymous

Personally, I think that Hillary was one of the worst, if not the worst, I mean if you look at the record, secretary of States ever, ever in this country. I think that's the bigger problem that she's got. I don't think Benghazi is as big a problem for her as her past and what's happened. The world blew up around her. — Donald Trump

It was in those first couple months that I fell in love with liturgy, the ancient pattern of worship shared mainly in the Catholic, Lutheran, Orthodox, and Episcopal churches. It felt like a gift that had been caretaken by generations of the faithful and handed to us to live out and caretake and hand off. Like a stream that has flowed long before us and will continue long after us. A stream that we get to swim in, so that we, like those who came before us, can be immersed in language of truth and promise and grace. Something about the liturgy was simultaneously destabilizing and centering; my individualism subverted by being joined to other people through God to find who I was. Somehow it happened through God. One specific, divine force. — Nadia Bolz-Weber

O how terrible it must be for a young man
seated before a family and the family thinking
We never saw him before! He wants our Mary Lou!
After tea and homemade cookies they ask What do you do for a living — Gregory Corso