Tervalampi Quotes & Sayings

If the yearning went away, what would we have to offer up to the Lord? Aren't they given to us to offer? It is the control of passion, not it's eradication, that is needed. — Elisabeth Elliot

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it. — John Wooden

Our relationships will eventually grow stale unless we are diligent about directing and cultivating them. — Todd Henry

Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. — Ann Voskamp

We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being of course the only creditable place to occupy. — Lucy Larcom

I sometimes think that animals are incapable of the kinds of cruelty that humans willingly inflict on each other. — Belinda Jeffrey

And that's what your holy men discuss, is it?" "Not usually. There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment about the nature of sin, for example." "And what do they think? Against it, are they?" "It's not as simple as that. It's not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray." "Nope." "Pardon?" "There's no grays, only white that's got grubby. I'm surprised you don't know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That's what sin is." "It's a lot more complicated than that - " "No. It ain't. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth. People as things, that's where it starts. — Terry Pratchett

I don't look at this as a religious based thing. To me this is energy based. — John Edward

I'm always trolling for trivia. — Lynn Abbey

You've looked in the mirror long enough.
See everything as if it were narrated by another. — John-Talmage Mathis

To think you cannot fight fate is only an act of surrender. — John Duigan

If this was the price of benefits, it was too high. He wanted his friend back, because that was a man worth taking an avalanche for. — S.P. Wayne

The fact that something is written down is persuasive to people not used to asking questions like: 'Who wrote it, and when?' 'How did they know what to write?' 'Did they, in their time, really mean what we, in our time, understand them to be saying?' 'Were they unbiased observers, or did they have an agenda that coloured their writing? — Richard Dawkins