Tannaz Saponaro Quotes & Sayings

In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort. — Abraham Verghese

One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before. — Mikhail Lermontov

God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick. — Corrie Ten Boom

Granting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense; for they, as it were, see that He is looking upon them, while others may go for days on end without even once recollecting that God sees them. — Teresa Of Avila

How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice itself. — George Leonard

Life is too short to listen to fools, and too important to ignore the wise. — Matshona Dhliwayo

So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents? — Lois Lowry

Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in the furnace of our prayer? Only heat will diffuse heat. — Mother Maribel

You merely dream that you roam about. In a few years your stay in India will appear as a dream to you. You will dream some other dream at that time. Do realize that it is not you who moves from dream to dream, but the dreams flow before you and you are the immutable witness. No happening affects your real being-that is the absolute truth. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Happily Ever After, if it exists, is the result of working through adversity, proving who you are as a team. It's not some magical ability to just always hit it off. The early fun in a relationship is always the best. But it's the bullshit that tears at the two of you that proves you are meant for each other. — Sean Develin

I think the terror most people are concerned with is the IRS. — Malcolm Forbes

The magic of the revolution had joined with people's fear of death, their horror of torture, their anguish when the first breath of the camps blew on their faces. — Vasily Grossman

I never realized how much I loved life until I knew it was being taken away. — Karina Halle

Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you. — David R. Ellis

Work done by non-Christians always contain some degree of God's common grace as well as the distortions of sin. Work done by Christians, even if it overtly names the name of Jesus is also to a significant degree distorted by sin. — Timothy Keller