Walten Files Quotes & Sayings

Self-image, the concept we have of ourselves, must begin not by looking in the mirror but by looking into the face of God. — Sam Storms

The problem is that contemporary people think life is all about finding happiness. We decide what conditions will make us happy and then we work to bring those conditions about. To live for happiness means that you are trying to get something out of life. But when suffering comes along, it takes the conditions for happiness away, and so suffering destroys all your reason to keep living. But to "live for meaning" means not that you try to get something out of life but rather that life expects something from us. In other words, you have meaning only when there is something in life more important than your own personal freedom and happiness, something for which you are glad to sacrifice your happiness.129 — Timothy Keller

To the naked eye Boudicca is a haze of noxious green that lurks among fronds of seaweed looking exactly like the aftermath of a chemical spill. — Helen Oyeyemi

Killing a man should be more difficult than killing game. It wasn't. He looked at the knife in his trembling hand. Only the aftermath was different. — Veronica Rossi

A good accountant is someone who told you yesterday what the economists forcast for tomorrow — Miles Thomas

Only by having a clear idea what virtue is can I practice evil with a light heart. — Italo Calvino