Miari Quotes & Sayings

Holiness must have a philosophical and theological foundation, namely, Divine truth; otherwise it is sentimentality and emotionalism. Many would say later on, 'We want religion, but no creeds.' This is like saying we want healing, but no science of medicine; music, but no rules of music; history, but no documents. Religion is indeed a life, but it grows out of truth, not away from it. It has been said it makes no difference what you believe, it all depends on how you act. This is psychological nonsense, for a man acts out of his beliefs. Our Lord placed truth or belief in Him first; then came sanctification and good deeds. But here truth was not a vague ideal, but a Person. Truth was now lovable, because only a Person is lovable. Sanctity becomes the response the heart makes to Divine truth and its unlimited mercy to humanity. — Fulton J. Sheen

I'm not usually a stalker, and I'm not following her, exactly. I'm maintaining a noncreepy, half-block distance between us. — Nicola Yoon

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. — Winston S. Churchill

They are for 'freedom' when it is freedom to kill third-term fetuses or engage in same-sex marriages or stuff coke up their noses; they do not define freedom as anything to do with captive peoples around the world having the chance to escape the tyrannies that constrain them. They like Fidel because he is a thorn in America's side and a sort of dime-store existentialist, and they rhapsodize about his spreading of literacy in Cuba without considering the fact that at the same time that he teaches people to read he tortures writers like Armando Valladares whose books he doesn't like. — David Horowitz

Music explains itself ... It is the road and it is the map that shows the road. It is both together. — Patrick Rothfuss

That's the trouble with cops. You're all set to hate their guts and then you meet one that goes human on you. — Raymond Chandler

The ground of hope is an assured testimony of the conscience, by the gift of the holy Ghost, that we are beloved of God, and this is nothing else but that which we call faith: whereof it followeth, that through faith our consciences are quieted. — Anonymous

The truth to succeeding at leadership is recognizing that it's a never-ending journey of discovery and learning. — Tanveer Naseer

If you want to take me somewhere, give me your wallet — Jenn Bennett

In reality, climate change is actually the biggest thing that's going on every single day. — Bill McKibben

The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could. — Bill Wyman

Justice is in the hands of the gods, an old poet wrote, mortal hands hold only mercy and the sword. — Ursula K. Le Guin

MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that you could put in a dive, loose a cylinder and stall out! — Ernest K. Gann

The reason for the emphasis on shamanism and on other techniques is, you will need techniques if you go into the deep water. And they can make your life very simple and save you from unnecessary suffering. Not all suffering is necessary. Maybe no suffering is necessary. — Terence McKenna