Lyndel Homes Quotes & Sayings

Few things give a human being as much spiritual depth as relationship. If we teach effective communication and conflict-resolution skills to our boys from early on, we lay a foundation for spiritual groundedness. This means we must communicate effectively and resolve conflicts with them as much as possible. By our modeling and teaching, they'll gain the skill to go nearly anywhere and relate effectively, with appropriate boundaries, with good skills, and also with an ability to not take it personally when things go wrong. — Michael Gurian

Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give more attention and consider the fruit of their labour more valuable — Friedrich Nietzsche

In few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story. — Murasaki Shikibu

The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk. — Pope Francis

The dog is not bored. It's not like he's waiting for me to give him a fucking Rubik's Cube. He's a goddamned dog. — Justin Halpern

Rejecting people for who and what they are will not make you a better, more 'righteous' or more 'moral' person - than the other person, or even in your own right - in fact, if that's why you're doing it, it is far more likely to do the opposite. — Christina Engela

I've not worn a dress since about 1985. It always amazes me how there is still a fascination for it in England. The rest of the world doesn't seem to care. I'm not sure whether they don't remember or whether they've just moved on from it. I was brought up in the glam era. — Martin Gore

Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine. — Patti Smith

I like both movies and TV, so I don't have some big grand plan. — Molly Shannon

But here they were, despite death and everything, sitting in a car.
If this was fate, she was buying. — Tara Janzen

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting. — Natalie Imbruglia

The playing field is more sacred than the stock exchange, more blessed than Capital Hill or the vaults of Fort Knox. The diamond and the gridiron
and, to a lesser degree, the court, the rink, the track, and the ring
embody the American dream of Eden. — Lewis H. Lapham