Iread Quotes & Sayings

The more one respects Jesus, the more one must be brokenhearted, embarrassed, furious, or some combination thereof when one considers what we Christians have done with Jesus. That's certainly true when it comes to calling Jesus Lord, something we Christians do a lot, often without the foggiest idea of what we mean. Has he become (I shudder to ask this) less our Lord and more our Mascot? — Brian D. McLaren

Nina is everything you say. It's too much."
"Mmm," Inej murmured, taking a sip from her mug. "Maybe you're just not enough. — Leigh Bardugo

Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand. — Baruch Spinoza

Love without friendship is like a kite, aloft only when the winds are favorable. Friendship is what gives love its wings. — Sherry Thomas

We may worship a picture as God, but not God as the picture. God in the picture is right, but the picture as God is wrong. God in the image is perfectly right. There is no danger there. This is the real worship of God. But the image-God is a mere Pratika. — Swami Vivekananda

Love is the grand motive of the plan of salvation; it is the source of happiness, the ever-renewing spring of healing, the precious fountain of hope. As we extend our hands and hearts toward others in Christlike love, something wonderful happens to us. Our own spirits become healed, more refined, and stronger. We become happier, more peaceful, and more receptive to the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Certainly it was ordained as a scourge upon the pride of human wisdom, that the wisest of us all, should thus outwit ourselves, and eternally forego our purposes in the intemperate act of pursuing them. — Laurence Sterne

My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too. — Richard Pryor

Smith used English as one might use a code book, with tedious and imperfect translation for each symbol. — Robert A. Heinlein

If guys don't open doors for you, then they aren't worth your time. — Abbi Glines

Entertainment and art are not isolated. — Martin Kippenberger