Sightings Of Jesus Quotes & Sayings

Much of the attraction of the cult has to do with the grace of an early and romantic death. George Orwell once observed that if Napoleon Bonaparte had been cut down by a musket ball as he entered Moscow, he would have been remembered as the greatest general since Alexander. And not only did Guevara die before his ideals did, he died in such a manner as to inspire something akin to superstition. He rode among the poor of the altiplano on a donkey. He repeatedly foresaw and predicted the circumstances of his own death. He was spurned and betrayed by those he claimed to set free. He was by calling a healer of the sick. The photographs of his corpse, bearded and half-naked and lacerated, make an irresistible comparison with paintings of the deposition from Calvary. There is a mystery about his last resting place. Alleged relics are in circulation. There have even been sightings ... . — Christopher Hitchens

According to Free Trait Theory, we are born and culturally endowed with certain personality traits - introversion, for example - but we can and do act out of character in the service of "core personal projects."
In other words, introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly. Free Trait Theory explains why an introvert might throw his extroverted wife a surprise party or join the PTA at his daughter's school. It explains how it's possible for an extroverted scientist to behave with reserve in her laboratory, for an agreeable person to act hard-nosed during a business negotiation, and for a cantankerous uncle to treat his niece tenderly when he takes her out for ice cream. — Susan Cain

When you tell a story, you shape the truth. — Susan Juby

History, I believe, brings us to the point where we are bound to say: there really was an empty tomb, and there really were sightings of Jesus, the same and yet transformed. History then says: so how do you explain that? It offers us no easy escapes at that point, no quick side-exits to the question. — N. T. Wright

A born democrat is a born disciplinarian. — Mahatma Gandhi

He's waiting to love you like you've never been loved before. — Julie Lessman

James said, "Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning. — Rick Warren

Death need not be sad, it should be a matter of indifference. — Guy De Maupassant

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people. — Cornelius Nepos

People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal. — Shia Labeouf

With no surroundings there can be no path, and with no path one cannot become free. — Gary Snyder

His sexy smile crept back into me [...] and he made me feel like I could do it. That I could change my life too. — Stacie Hammond

And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel like their life's moving on, that they're able to make a living and send their kids to college and put more money on the table. — George W. Bush