Jesyka Burks Wiley Quotes & Sayings

To live more for God and others one must die more to self and sin. — Orrin Woodward

My name is Patrick Fitzgerald ... I like to tear the tops off small animals. — Karl Rove

What if you went to Hell, and it was exactly what you thought it would be: just a cave with fire? And the devil really was this idiot in a red leotard with a pitchfork? — Dana Gould

In Aristotle ... leisure is a far more noble, spiritual goal than work ... leisure is pursued solely for its own sake ... : the pleasures of music and poetry, ... conversation with friends, and ... gratuitous, playful speculation. In Latin, the ultimate good is otium - the opposite is negotium, or gainful work.
We have sought too much counsel in the proto-Calvinist work ethic preached by St Paul ... during the cessation of work we nurture family, educate, nourish friendships ... in loafing, most of our innovations come ... the routine of daily work has too often served as ... sleep ... a refuge from two crucial states - awakedness to the needs of others, and to the transcendent, which only comes ... loitering, dallying, tarrying, goofing off. — Francine Du Plessix Gray

I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it. — Steven Morrissey