(very random) Quotes
"Les grandes personnes ne comprennent jamais rien toutes seules, et c'est fatigant, pour les enfants, de toujours et toujours leur donner des explications." --Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
(translation: "Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always explaining things to them.")
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"Regardless of what else you do for other Christians, you will never enjoy true fellowship with them if you, and they, do not peel off the psychological armor. Truth and love are inseparable. If you want others to take off their armor, it is often a good idea to show them how, by shedding yours first." --Clinton McLemore.
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"I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on to choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation." --Life of Pi, Yann Martel.
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"When we are young, we make gods and goddesses of one another; then we soon come to realize that we are all merely human and imperfect... yet as time goes on, we learn to tolerate the flaws and appreciate the good qualities in those we love." --Elizabeth Aston.
(translation: "Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always explaining things to them.")
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"Regardless of what else you do for other Christians, you will never enjoy true fellowship with them if you, and they, do not peel off the psychological armor. Truth and love are inseparable. If you want others to take off their armor, it is often a good idea to show them how, by shedding yours first." --Clinton McLemore.
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"I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on to choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation." --Life of Pi, Yann Martel.
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"When we are young, we make gods and goddesses of one another; then we soon come to realize that we are all merely human and imperfect... yet as time goes on, we learn to tolerate the flaws and appreciate the good qualities in those we love." --Elizabeth Aston.