Hlyass Quotes & Sayings

Isn't it an odd thing that doubting doctrines and dogmas not fully articulated until the Middle Ages can make you a heretic? Admitting to your pastor or priest that you doubt God, the Church, or the Bible can get you excommunicated. Yet treating your fellow human beings as though they were worthless scum will get you elected to the parish council (or to the U.S. Congress). Being open and honest about your faith - or lack thereof - will gain you ridicule and contempt. But take heart, fellow Christians. If you pretend everything is good, and that you are a faithful believer in all things, you most certainly will gain the respect of everyone in your community. Well, except the most important person of all - the guy who railed against hypocrisy: Jesus of Nazareth. — Charles Shingledecker

The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes. — David Rockefeller

The courage to try again is daring spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things — Miyamoto Musashi

There will be no propriety in the spectacle of an elegant interior approached by a low mean entrance. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio