Pnina Quotes & Sayings

Like faith and hope, trust cannot be self-generated. I cannot simply will myself to trust. What outrageous irony: the one thing that I am responsible for throughout my life I cannot generate. The one thing I need to do I cannot do. But such is the meaning of radical dependence. It consists in theological virtues, in divinely ordained gifts. Why reproach myself for my lack of trust? Why waste time beating myself up for something I cannot affect? What does lie within my power is paying attention to the faithfulness of Jesus. That's what I am asked to do: pay attention to Jesus throughout my journey, remembering his kindnesses (Ps. 103:2). — Brennan Manning

Jesus didn't come to make us safe. He came to make us dangerous to the kingdom of darkness. — Christine Caine

Why don't you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I'm a little low in sugar and I don't have any cream, but it's real coffee. — Barbra Streisand

The unconscious creates, the ego edits. — Stanley Kunitz

Unfortunately, writing and reporting the truth is not allowed under Castro's tyrannical dictatorship. — Lincoln Diaz-Balart

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.' — Catherine Jinks

We do not behave as if we believed that the affairs of our world were significant enough for the intervention of great men. — Paul Goodman

The distance of a voice, is only a short time away from touch. — Anthony Liccione

My hair has been in training some time. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Practically every consultant, or 96% of the sample, pointed to "chemistry" as the key factor for winning. But what exactly is chemistry? Generally speaking it is simpatico between the client and agency teams. — Peter Levitan

Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary similarity for real identity. — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down. — Annette Funicello

The pain of being near her and knowing that I can't give in to my feelings for her, is the worst kind of pain I've ever felt. — J.A. Redmerski

The prime lesson the social sciences can learn from the natural sciences is just this: that it is necessary to press on to find the positive conditions under which desired events take place, and that these can be just as scientifically investigated as can instances of negative correlation. This problem is beyond relativity. — Ruth Benedict

It's critical to show that we can meet our commitment to students with disabilities without raising taxes and without increasing the deficit. In the past, there's been strong support for full funding and I'm still hearing that from many of my colleagues. — Jared Polis