Titelski Quotes & Sayings

The very purpose of designing the Temple of Jerusalem as a series of ever more restrictive ingressions was to maintain the priestly monopoly over who can and cannot come into the presence of God and to what degree. The sick, the lame, the leper, the "demon-possessed," menstruating women, those with bodily discharges, those who had recently given birth - none of these were permitted to enter the Temple and take part in the rituals unless first purified according to the priestly code. With every leper cleansed, every paralytic healed, every demon cast out, Jesus was not only challenging that priestly code, he was invalidating the very purpose of the priesthood. — Reza Aslan

Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted. — Matt Chandler

She grinned and nodded and another frozen thing inside of me melted. — Steven Brust

Honest work is much better than a mansion. — Leo Tolstoy

But why not? He deserved it. It took years to take control of this school - to oust the resisters, to implant the sympathizers, to blind the parents to what was happening to their children. It was no small task. — Frank E. Peretti

Nevertheless, the Holy Spirit brings peace to your mind and heart as you uncover and make the right choice and align yourself with professional, ethical standards. — Michael J. Marx

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage. — Mason Cooley

I'm a big believer in our connection to nature. — M. Night Shyamalan

Money can come and go, and fame comes and goes. Peace of mind and a relationship with God is far more important, so this is the precedent that we've set in our lives. The bottom line is, we all die, so Jesus is the answer. — Phil Robertson

Sadly, there are many forces more powerful and devestating than love... Among them for example, the anger and jealousy of a spurned husband or lover. Fire begets passions, but it also burns. — Hub

I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler. — TobyMac

Prepare for the worst and you won't be disappointed. — John Connolly

Ferbin's father had had the same robustly pragmatic view of religion as he'd had of everything else. In his opinion, only the very poor and downtrodden really needed religion, to make their laborious lives more bearable. People craved self-importance; they longed to be told they mattered as individuals, not just as part of a mass of people or some historical process. They needed the reassurance that while their life might be hard, bitter and thankless, some reward would be theirs after death. Happily for the governing class, a well-formed faith also kept people from seeking their recompense in the here and now, through riot, insurrection or revolution. — Iain M. Banks

A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the 'Redwall' books. — Ned Vizzini

Her carriage bespoke an exquisite misery, a wretchedness so perfect and so absolute that it manifested as dignity, as calm. More than a dark horse, she was darkness itself, the cloak of it. — Eleanor Catton