Umoja Community Quotes & Sayings

In short, God will either give us what we ask or give us what we would have asked if we knew everything he knew. — Timothy Keller

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a different shade. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

May not one man have several voices, Robin, as well as two complexions? — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Plenty of people are taught that the magic bullet of weight loss is to simply "eat less and move more." Worse, many people believe that exercise, an incredibly enjoyable and healthful behavior, must be taken to unenjoyable extremes if weight is a concern. — Yoni Freedhoff

Roar's mouth pulled into a smile - a beautiful smile she hadn't seen in weeks.
"Beautiful, huh?"
She drew her hand away, giving him a small push on the shoulder. "Don't act surprised."
"I'm not. Always nice to be reminded, though. — Veronica Rossi

How much of our life is an act, anyway? You become a parent, you play a role. You act happy when you're depressed. You act like you are enthused by some things that hold no interest for you whatsoever. But sometimes, through this acting, this repeatedly telling yourself you really do like something, some form of appreciation sprouts. — Andersen Prunty

Lonelyness is the only friend that last forever than having friendship among people — Ravishangaran

My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good. — Patrick Dempsey

The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in the Buddhist view, in some previous life ... have been my mother - for which I do apologize for the trouble I caused you. — Robert Thurman

I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor. — Mark Twain

In practice this means that God helps those who help themselves . Thus — Max Weber

At their root, the key and the Confessor both authenticate the truth. The Confessor's power would force the subject to reveal the truth, while all of the coded alignments of the key involve proofing it against reality. Reality is truth. Therefore, both the Confessor and the key need the same formulas to initiate their ultimate function. — Terry Goodkind

There's no point in denying the truth when the truth is self-evident. — M.R. Carey