Piechnik Quotes & Sayings

Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see it as a source of joy. — Pope Benedict XVI

It will change everything. We won't need governments and corporations. The very concepts our economic and social systems are based on: money, wealth, privilege, will be meaningless. What use is money when everyone can build everything they need?'...
'These are people who've spent their whole lives fighting their way to the top and you're just going to tell them that there is no top anymore?... it's you that doesn't understand: they only care about material things as status symbols, to show that they're better than everyone else, that they've beaten everyone else, that's what drives them. They'll never give that up. — K. Valisumbra

I have become convinced that we must put an end to atonement theology or there will be no future for the Christian faith. This — John Shelby Spong

I didn't realize then what a privilege that was: to be bored with your best friend; to have time to waste. — Lauren Oliver

Prayer is a rising up and a drawing near to God in mind and in heart, and in spirit. — Alexander Whyte

It was a smart cane. When he grabbed the handlebars it would help him stand up. It would then steady his locomotion even on the roughest terrain, adding its six legs to his two. — Neal Stephenson

Art is the lens through which I experience the world. Art is the medium to present the human condition ... love, fear, bewilderment, pleasure, distaste, brotherhood and all the subtleties that we all know ... — Alton Tobey