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I reckon that Stonehege was build by the contemporary equivalent of Microsoft, whereas Avebury was definitely an Apple circle.
Lessee...he'd gone off after the funeral and gotten drunk. No, not drunk, another word, ended with "er." Drunker. that was it.
In the early days of the Mormon Church, stewardship toward the land was a priority. It was a matter of survival in the desert.
For there is a music wherever there is a harmony, order, or proportion, and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.
The last best hope of life is that at some point during living it, all that you did wrong will suddenly teach you to do right.
A traveler enters the world into which he travels, but a tourist brings his own world with him and never sees the one he's in.
And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.
The stupid texts of the Bible - from which, be the talents of the preacher what they may, only stupid sermons can be preached.
Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.
All I know is that the closer I get to God, the deeper I get into the Bible, and the heavier the burden seems on my shoulders.
We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry
Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.
Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you.
How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.
Jesus is the only Lord who, if you receive him, will fulfill you completely, and, if you fail him, will forgive you eternally.
And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.
Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.
Get yourself in that extreme state of being next to madness. You should always write with an erection. Even if you're a woman.
I'll follow him to the ends of the earth,' she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that.
That's mostly what the Internet is, just passing the time. But unfortunately you are dealing with words that can have meaning.
God literally moves his throne from heaven. When this happens the church is building a chair, a seat, a place for God to come.
Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes.
Most of us make unconscious choices in the words that we use; we sleep-walk through the maze of possibilities available to us.
I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before.
Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.
You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.
The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.
The money game is not like any other game. You cannot choose whether you'll play, for the money game is the only game in town.
Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
So. You're a fallen angel." She folded her arms. "I'm not fallen," he said roughly. "Then what are you?" He shrugged. "Busted.
Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one.
A flowerless room is a soulless room, to my way of thinking; but even a solitary little vase of a living flower may redeem it.
Never underestimate the repellent power of a negative mental attitude. It can prevent life's lucky breaks from benefiting you.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Always keeping in mind that you become what you think about, be very careful about any thoughts you harbor that involve doubt.
Good morning, this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day.
You do not fail in life, you only produce results, and you have the right to learn and grow from any results that you produce.
There is a universal intelligence that we call God or Soul or Spirit or Consciousness, and it is everywhere and in all things.
When you SEEK HAPPINESS for yourself, it will always elude you. When you seek happiness for OTHERS, you will find it yourself.
You will find it easier to accept contrary views, knowing that you are not defined by anything or anyone external to yourself.
A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.
For thousands of years we have gathered in circle--around fires, around bodies, around altars--because we can't do this alone.
It is in identifying yourself with the hopes, dreams, fears and longings of others that you may understand them and help them.
To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.
A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
It was best to believe in all possibilities...there were more mysteries in the world than a man could ever hope to understand.
Through . . . lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. . . . Lies become an inhibitor in your relationship . . . .