"We play into the hands of Satan, and also of the various extreme sects which assume that they, and they alone, of all of God's creation, are to be saved. It is a presumtumptous thing, and very seductive one, to decide that you and your group are the sheep destined for heaven, and that all the rest, including Anglicans like me, are destined for ( Read more... )

"I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is."

"A building is nothing more than a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of itself is powerless, but with enough people behind it, blowing up a building can change the world."

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akaii_hana happened to just post these (in iconaddicts) great icons as i was about to go find V quotes

there are some others i liked, but i'll find them later. these are good for now :)


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these are kinda long, but worth reading"...I'm not sure where the idea came from that all of creation is God's body, but if we must have an analogy, it is not a bad one ( Read more... )

"When we try to protect God, all we do is stop of understand of God from growing and deepening, because if we are open to new discoveries in the world within or without, it might change our comfortable image of God...I am not comfortable in a closed system where there are no questions left to ask, or where questions are shunned as heresy ( Read more... )

why i'm quoting Pooh (i'm telling you, my brain is going crazy- I don't even claim it at the moment ( Read more... )

"You think you look strong because you can hold on, but strength lies in letting go." -unknown ( Read more... )

"I can't imagine that kind of contentment. I fret and worry intermittently, am tormented and distracted by doubts I can't even name. Wrong turns in life and so much time passing you might not be able to retrace your steps. I'm afraid of hurting people and afraid of not doing what I need to do for fear of hurting people." The Traveling Death and ( Read more... )

"Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of violets, and to drag in the idea of a point is to ruin everything. Live and let live, love and let love, flower and fade, and follow the natural curve, which flows on, pointless." - D.H Lawrence ( Read more... )

A. Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
B. Then pick one of your favorite quote/s from each movie.
C. Post the quotes in your journal.
D. Have those on your friends list to guess what the movie is.
E. Either strike out the quote once it has been correctly identified, or place the guesser's user name directly after the quote

**If you read both my xanga ( Read more... )