Swinford Parish Newsletter Quotes & Sayings

I often ponder....Isn't 'Light, Grey & Dark' similar to 'I, Me & Myself' ? — Saurabh Singal

A good horse runs with seeing just the shadow of the whip. — Gautama Buddha

Who could be interested in the fate of a murderer, but the hangman who would gain his fee? — Mary Shelley

The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us. — Dave Eggers

If God's kingdom looks radical, it is only an indictment on the sort of Christianity we have settled for. Sharing our food with the hungry, opening our homes to the homeless, reconciling with our enemies
these are what Christianity has always been. — Shane Claiborne

Welcome to Earth, young man," I said. "It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, Joe, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of: Goddamn it, Joe, you've got to be kind! — Kurt Vonnegut

One cannot have a right to life without the right to defend it with deadly force. — Bruce Montague

Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music. — Karl Kraus

There is nothing particularly special about that location of the centre of mass. If you were to find yourself at the precise spot that is the centre of mass of the earth-moon system, the only thing unusual that you would notice is that there would be one thousand miles of rock on top of your head.
Pluto is only about twice the size of Charon, so if you put Pluto and Charon on the cosmic seesaw you would find that the balance point is a little bit outside Pluto, rather than inside it. Again, there is nothing particularly special going on there. If you were to find yourself at that precise spot, you would only notice that you were very, very cold and could no longer breathe. — Mike Brown

One truth that has helped me accept some of the most difficult moments and heartbreaking decisions in my life is that I already have all for which I ask. I am blessed! I am delivered from my worries! — Carlos Wallace