Lorene Beatrice Quotes & Sayings

Science, they say, can tap the brain of man and alter his desires. But the Bible, which has withstood the ravages of time ... says that we are possessed of a sinful, fallen nature which wars against us. — Billy Graham

I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop — Abraham Lincoln

Twenty-one years is time enough to be a fuck-up, sure, but not time enough to be a lost cause. — Caitlin Doughty

Many religious denominations teach the concept of man as wretched and stained with original sin. Original sin as taught by some religious bodies means you are bad from the moment you are born. The teaching of original sin accounts for a lot of the child-rearing practices that are geared toward breaking a child's unruly will and natural propensity toward evil. — John Bradshaw

He who would foresee what is to happen should look to what has happened: for all that is has its counterpart in time past. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The story describes an incident during the trial of a black schoolteacher accused of disposing of a mule on which there was a mortgage. A defense witness, who was colored but looked white, took the stand and was being sworn in when the judge told the sheriff the man had been given the wrong Bible. — Isabel Wilkerson

And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who judge a man by his bow, his bearing and his boots. — Michel De Montaigne

Make yourself reachable for all the great things that want to reach you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I started off wanting to change the world, now I'm just hoping the world doesn't change me. — Ray Mileur

Tiny: maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying to figure out if you want to fall, or how and when your gonna land, and I gotta tell you friends that to stop thinking about the landing, because it all about falling. — John Green