Nonsectarian Prayer Quotes & Sayings

Dallas Willard warns us too of the "cost of non-discipleship." We may be able to live with some pain, but when our whole self becomes more and more rotten, the cost is far greater than dealing with the problem as soon as possible. This is why I think following Jesus, though challenging, is much easier than following anything else. The world has nothing better to offer me. Jesus has come to right my wrongs and to make me refreshingly new. — Dallas Willard

They ate the apple, and knew good and evil, and became 'as gods.' And they still go on eating it. But little children have not eaten anything and are not yet guilty of anything ... If they, too, suffer terribly on earth, it is, of course, for their fathers; they are punished for their fathers who ate the apple
but that is reasoning from another world; for the human heart here on earth it is incomprehensible. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I agree with Donna Brazile who said about Benghazi: "We got to preven dis from hapinin agen. " — Joe Biden

give to those who have nothing to give to you - — Rupi Kaur

To whom should you surrender? The one who takes the responsibility for you right till the 'end' (moksha, the ultimate liberation). Surrender to the one who is tatharoop [attained the highest spiritual state]. Surrender to the one whom you consider a 'Virat Purush' [magnificent human being], otherwise there is no point of surrendering. — Dada Bhagwan

I have to conclude, oh, the best people are all somebody other than my own race. So that's difficult. How do we interpret the Bible? Should we stress things like justice and that God is somebody who cares about equality of all people? Or is he a God of love and a God who's there to give me an afterlife? — Michael Emerson

I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw. — Ed O'Neill

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. — Elon Musk

A person truly evolves from his own silence and one such can keep the people around him in the awe of silence. — Gopichand Lagadapati

I've learned that feminism is for everybody and there's nothing wrong with taking up space in the world, even if you have to fight for it a little bit, and that if you don't feel like smiling or waving, that's okay. You don't have to, and you don't have to say sorry. Mostly, I've learned that I don't really care if you like these answers or not, because they're the best, most honest ones I've got, and I just don't feel like I can cheat myself enough to give you what you want me to say. — Libba Bray

And the stories we tell ourselves are not the only stories. — Erica Lorraine Scheidt

For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime. — Eduard Gufeld

Teachers must learn how to teach ... they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching. — B.F. Skinner

Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience tragedy. Because we have been comforted through the Word of God, we in turn may be able to comfort others. — Billy Graham

I went down on one knee in front of her. It was melodramatic, I know, but she was a teenager, and I thought she would probably buy it. "Samantha," I said. "All you have to do is just let me try. Do nothing, and I won't try to get you out of here against your will. You have my solemn word of honor." There was no crash of thunder, not even the sound of distant laughter, and in spite of my recent epidemic of unpleasant emotions, I felt no shame. And I believe I did it very convincingly. In fact, I think it was the performance of a lifetime - I didn't mean a word of it, of course, but under the circumstances I would gladly have promised her a ride on my flying saucer if it would get me out of here. And — Jeff Lindsay