Rophino Quotes & Sayings

It can be a good thing if deeper theology, or philosophy, only makes one more uncertain. It may lead to a healthy doubt; he may throw his hands up saying, 'God, I just don't know anymore. If you're out there, I'm giving it all to you.' From there, after the surrender, he is allowing God himself, rather than theories, books, and documents, to take over and lead him into all truth. — Criss Jami

Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel, I am a carpenter of my own soul. — Rumi

I had the strangest sensation of floating, of drifting farther and farther away with nothing and no one to cling to. I was standing right beside her, but the distance between us had split into the kind of canyon I couldn't jump across. — Alexandra Bracken

breathless words passed his lips, than a lone light came into view. Esau slowed to a walk. "It's about time," he muttered. "I have to clean — Cheryl Pierson

For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next - that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting. I saw my suffering for what it was, finite and insignificant, and I was still. My suffering did not fit anywhere, I realized. And I could accept this. It was all right. — Yann Martel

Don't just be alive; once you have arrived, find the reason why and make that reason accomplished. — Israelmore Ayivor

Dante thought a state of eternal, rapturous contemplation, and few have proffered more specifics than that. Post-redemption theology seems an oxymoron. — Terryl L. Givens

It turns out that in the year following the 9/11 attacks, despite all the talk of terrorism and war, the average person was more likely to kill himself than to be killed by a terrorist, a soldier or a drug dealer. In — Yuval Noah Harari

Conducting is intensely social. You work with a hundred people every day. You collaborate, you try to focus their thoughts, you try to give them a concept, you try to inspire them, and it's actually exhausting. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

Behind every crime is a story of sadness. — Enrique Pena Nieto

I've always been really good at staying busy. Even while I'm working, I'm looking at what the next thing is. — Brian Posehn

I think the most exciting thing is access to information. People's ability to document things and expose things that may have not otherwise been documented and exposed. All the information you want is available instantly, which is overwhelming, but I think can have a positive change on the political process and accountability for leaders and corporations. — Moby

Did anyone wonder if someone hit his head for him? — K.J. Charles

Fools will always break out o' bounds. — Elizabeth Gaskell

It is exactly when others insist that it's a sign of being free, fresh, and radical to do what everybody's doing that you might want to take notice and think for yourself. Don't be surprised if this is really hard to do. — Jaron Lanier