Workbok Quotes & Sayings

The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable. — Mark Twain

the church sacrifices the beauty of Christianity when it chooses the political form over the cruciform. Reaching for the ring of power distorts our beauty. — Brian Zahnd

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. — Barack Obama

1After these things I hearda a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lordb our God! + 2For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her." + 3Again they said, "Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!" + 4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, "Amen! Alleluia!" + 5Then a voice came from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, botha small and great!" + — Anonymous

The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide. — Oscar Wilde

I'm convinced that, in the end, art is not for the artist but for their fellow man. — George Rickey

The dreamtime of creative work is a turnstile to eternity. (from Workbok) — Steven Heighton

For me as leader my time is nearly over but for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream will never die, — Alex Salmond

Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake - This is the selfdenial. and cross-bearing spoken of in the preceding verse. Losing the soul is the same as denying the self. The Lord concedes that if for His sake anyone is willing to forsake all the pleasures of the soul and to suffer according to the will of God, he will find the soul. It simply means that whoever is willing for the sake of the Lord to deny his own thoughts and desires so as not to be satisfied with the things of the world but instead to undergo much suffering, he will at another time be given by the Lord his heart desire with full blessing and joy. — Watchman Nee