Naglimmes Quotes & Sayings

The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in academic circles, if not beyond. Christians under the Roman Empire were neither constantly persecuted nor martyred in huge numbers for their faith. They were prosecuted from time to time for alleged sedition, holding illegal meetings or refusing to sacrifice to the emperor. They were, like other convicts, sometimes tortured and executed in horrible ways. They seem to have been regarded by many Romans with distaste as a particularly silly superstition. But Christian stories of thousands of individual and mass martyrdoms over centuries have at best a limited basis in historical fact, and in many cases are sheer fiction. — Teresa Morgan

Almost anyone can see the golden light in an enlightened master's aura when the master meditates, unless, of course, the person is blocked up psychically. — Frederick Lenz

Clive Owen would be a fantastic James Bond. Any man who does it will have to weigh his odds - whether he can get in and get out. — Pierce Brosnan

What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play. — Plato

I sound like a damn commercial, but half the crap in this house is from Wal-mart. The big deal about Wal-mart is that its open 24 hours. — Corbin Bernsen

Who ne'er his bread in sorrow ate, Who ne'er the mournful midnight hours Weeping upon his bed has sate, He knows you not, ye Heavenly Powers. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play — Trevor Bailey

If I could undo what's been done, But I guess everyone is living, With water and bridges. — Kenny Rogers

Many people think that it is the function of a spiritual teaching to provide answers to life's biggest questions,
but actually, the opposite is true.
The primary task of any good spiritual teaching is not to
answer your questions, but to question your answers. — Adyashanti

Many who are now standing will fall away, unable to bear the scandal that comes with following Christ in a culture that sees such as superstition or hatred. Some who started out well will change their minds. And, at the same time, many who we now see as enemies will see their own lives in the cross of Christ. — Russell D. Moore

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live and the will to die. — Rebecca West