Nazli And Ferit Quotes & Sayings

People say all the time 'I don't have a good testimony' because they think their story has to involve some dramatic story of change from 'bad' to 'good'. But Jesus didn't come to save people this way. Sin doesn't make us bad it makes us dead. Jesus came to save by bringing the dead to life. And that's an amazing testimony. — Louie Giglio

Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies. — Madeline Levine

In fact, the same difficulties faced by Reagan in the 1980-s are still there [in the beginning of 21 century]: how do you hit a bullet with a bullet? The technology is getting better, but it still is focused on one interceptor knocking down one missile. In war, there would be many more challenges, more chaos, more uncertainty. — David Hoffman

Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat. — Wally Lamb

The Internet has been this miraculous conduit to the undeniable truth to the Holocaust. — Steven Spielberg

Learning without thinking is useless, but thinking without learning is very dangerous! — Sukarno

If someone told me that I could live my life again free of depression provided I was willing to give up the gifts depression has given me
the depth of awareness, the expanded consciousness, the increased sensitivity, the awareness of limitation, the tenderness of love, the meaning of friendship, the apreciation of life, the joy of a passionate heart
I would say, 'This is a Faustian bargain! Give me my depressions. Let the darkness descend. But do not take away the gifts that depression, with the help of some unseen hand, has dredged up from the deep ocean of my soul and strewn along the shores of my life. I can endure darkness if I must; but I cannot lie without these gifts. I cannot live without my soul.' (p. 188) — David Elkins

Either I'm alive or I'm dying, she said to Daniel. Please don't feel you can't tell me. Which is it?
Which does it feel like? said Daniel. He patted her hand. You're not dead yet. You're a lot more alive than many people.
This isn't good enough for Rennie. She wants something definite, the real truth, one way or the other. Then she will know what she should do next. It's this suspension, hanging in a void, this half-life she can't bear. She can't bear not knowing. She doesn't want to know. — Margaret Atwood

Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live. — Bernard Malamud

Adventure is making the distant approach nearer
but romance is having what is where it is which is not
where you are stay where it is. — Gertrude Stein

The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It hurts to find out that what you wanted doesn't match what you dreamed it would be. — R. K. Milholland

Taking inspiration from a tree: her roots provide nutrients, they are sheltered from autumn's bluster and winter's frost. It is only when the heated light of spring has called to her and the kiss of summer has loved her, that a tree bears her fruit for all to see. — Eva

Until I get the keys to the Kingdom, Lord, I ain't giving up. — Robert Hicks

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener. — Ambrose Bierce