P289 Quotes & Sayings

It is always imagined before it is lived. In the world of thought, imaginations are lives, but people kill them before they grow to have life! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I searched modern fiction and poetry for clues to how we confronted and evaded reality, how we articulated our experience and turned to language not to revel ourselves but to hide. I was as sure then as I am now that by looking at contemporary Iranian fiction I could gain access to a real understanding of political and social events. (p289) — Azar Nafisi

Dress for the story that you'd like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth. — Rachel Roy

There is so much deep contradiction in my soul. Such deep longing for God - so deep that it is painful - a suffering continual - and yet not wanted by God - repulsed - empty - no faith - no love - no zeal. Souls hold no attraction - Heaven means nothing - to me it looks like an empty place - the thought of it means nothing to me and yet this torturing longing for God. Pray for me please that I keep smiling at Him in spite of everything. For I am only His - so He has every right over me. I am perfectly happy to be nobody even to God ...
Your devoted child in J.C.
M. Teresa — Brian Kolodiejchuk

God hears and fulfills the prayer of a man who fulfills His commandments. "Hear God in His commandments," says St. John Chrysostom, "So that He might hear you in your prayers." A man who keeps the commandments of God is always wise, patient, and sincere in his prayers. Mystery of prayer consists in the keeping of God's commandments. — Justin Popovic

If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate. — Madeleine L'Engle

Our problem as leaders is we do everything we know to do. That's not enough. We need to do everything God wants us to do. — Richard Blackaby

It's the little things that find us out, the little things we refuse to do in order to avoid doing the big things that can save us. — Ralph Ellison