Lhasa Chon Quotes & Sayings

If we believe, though, in the sovereignty of God, then we believe that we were not born at this time, and in this culture, by accident. If we belong to Christ, then this is our assigned mission field. — Russell D. Moore

One advantage of a monarchy is that a monarchy does not suffer the effects of having great clots of white Christians moping around simply because they aren't the king or queen. — Calvin Trillin

The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea. — Ernest Hemingway,

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them. — Gerald May

If you meditate regularly, even when you don't feel like it, you will make great gains, for it will allow you to see how your thoughts impose limits on you. Your resistances to meditation are your mental prisons in miniature. — Ram Dass

Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry ... — Harper Lee

Unlike those earlier occasions - mourning a lost affection of his youth - this time there is to be no imagining her altered features, her new occupations, no unknown rival or replacement upon whom to project a wild jealousy. For death takes everything, leaves behind no possibilities, save one - which is to remember. Adrian cannot believe with what intensity one can continue to love a person who is dead. Only fools, he believes, think that love is for the living alone. So he sits and watches the sea and thinks of Mamakay. — Aminatta Forna

By choosing to have a calm response to what seems negative you bring clarity and balance to your message. — Bryant McGill

We always talk about how everyone is unifocal. You can't possibly be interested in jazz and Beethoven. Of course you can. You can't both be reading a newspaper and be online. Of course you can. We shouldn't be obsessed with a gun to your head, 'You either read a newspaper or die!' — Harold Evans

That's how it is with the English: if you score against them you're a good player; if you don't, you're not. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting. — Brenda Russell

It's some kind of Elvish.I can't read it. — J.R.R. Tolkien