Morjet Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell used to employ the method of evidence against interest; in other words of deciding that a critique of capital punishment, say, carried more weight if it came from a prison governor. (My friend John O'Sullivan puts it like this: If the pope says he believes in God, he's only doing his job; if he says he doesn't believe in God, he may be on to something.) — Christopher Hitchens

To fall for the notion of a 'double truth' and argue there was one set of truths for reason and another for faith and never the two shall meet made nonsense of the idea of truth itself. — Arthur Herman

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. — Henry Miller

I wondered
not for the first time
whether one was ever justified in neglecting the welfare of one's own family in order to fight for the welfare of others. Can there be anything more important than looking after one's aging mother? Is politics merely a pretext for shirking one's responsibilities, an excuse for not being able to provide in the way one wanted? — Nelson Mandela

GDP doesn't register, as Robert Kennedy put it, "the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, or the intelligence of our public debate." GDP measures everything, Kennedy concluded, "except that which makes life worthwhile." Nor does GDP take into account unpaid work, the so-called compassionate economy. — Eric Weiner

We all are product of what we hear. — Sunday Adelaja

She sleeps in the Waters of Life." Chani — Frank Herbert

Sometime in my ministry, I am going to gather up enough courage to have a testimony time where the only thing we'll share is our failures. — Charles R. Swindoll

Just once I want it to be easy and neat. But no, there is never a good decision. I pick what I can live with. — Ilona Andrews

Animals mean everything to me. We have to be their voice and protectors. — Shannon Elizabeth

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe. — John M. Ford

Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don't fuss with their appearance - but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? 29-32 What I'm trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don't be afraid of missing out. You're my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself. — Eugene H. Peterson

You keep a secret inside of you and it feels like a wall that separates you from others. — Frank Warren

Bubba said something about Willowdean having a stalker," Miz Demetrice said.
"A stalker?" Aunt Caressa repeated as if she was unfamiliar with the word.
"You know, someone who follows you around, sends you cards, dead flowers, and turns up unwanted," Miz Demetrice said.
"Oh, you mean kind of like a Republican," Aunt Caressa Concluded. — C.L. Bevill