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ideas house stories
She was the most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. How she got from one story to another was a mystery beyond solution. A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea. Charles Dickens
ideas rocks tree
Ive always loved the idea of mythologies linked to or underlying everyday life, like the kami gods of Shintoism, where every rock, tree and stream has its own little god associated with it. Charles Soule
ideas yellow people
The idea of Curious Yellow, of surrender to a higher cause, seems to appeal to a certain small subset of humanity. These people manipulate the worm, customizing its payload to establish quisling dictatorships in its shadow, and the horrors these gauleiters invent in its service are far worse than the crude but direct tactics the original worm used. Charles Stross
ideas people want
People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is. Charles Stanley
ideas good-work ifs
Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them! Charles Spurgeon
ideas world incredibles
The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible. Alan Watts
ideas gentleman plausible
The idea of the Universe being ruled by that marvelous old gentleman, is no longer plausible. It isn't that anybody has disproved it, but it just somehow doesn't go with the vast infinitude of the Universe. Alan Watts
ideas stink masters
To remain caught up in ideas and words about Zen is, as the old masters say, to stink of Zen. Alan Watts
ideas matter certain
In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Alan Watts
afterlife aiming aspiration beyond futility generates hope lose mindless paradise picked prospect sight taken
By aiming for paradise, we lose sight of earth. Hope of a beyond and aspiration to an afterlife engender a sense of futility in the present. If the prospect of getting taken up to paradise generates joy, it is the mindless joy of a baby picked up from his crib. Michel Onfray
afterlife judgment protect
I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments. Charlotte Gainsbourg
afterlife people over-you
Politicians will promise some pretty ridiculous things. They will promise a chicken in every pot. They'll promise that they'll keep Social Security solvent. They'll promise drugs for old people. They'll promise lots of stuff. But it doesn't come near the kind of promises that religion makes. The Mormons promise that if you're good while you're on Earth, you get to rule over your own planet in the afterlife. Now, there's an entitlement that goes a little bit beyond prescription drugs for old people. Bill Maher
afterlife soul gauges
Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person. Anton Chekhov
afterlife profound funny-graduation
... I could have said something profound, but you would have forgotten it in 15 minutes - which is the afterlife of a graduation speech. Art Buchwald
afterlife artists creative fame hall johnson led magic michael office powerful seventh year
Magic Johnson was in the seventh year of his Hall of Fame career when thoughts of his basketball afterlife led him to the office of uber-executive Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood's most powerful agency. Don Yaeger
afterlife gold purses
On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom. Adelbert von Chamisso
afterlife leader failing
Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails. Abu Bakar Bashir
afterlife cannot hit life looking perfect pounds rather
I cannot live a life where I'm deprived. I'd much rather be five, 10 pounds heavier. With my luck, I'll get myself to that perfect goal weight, and I'll get hit by a bus. Then I'll be like... looking at myself from some afterlife going, 'You idiot. You could have had that agnolotti, dummy.' Drew Barrymore
church moments despise
The moment the church of God shall despise the pulpit, God will despise her. Charles Spurgeon
church heirlooms persecution
Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect. Charles Spurgeon
church doctrine traps
The doctrines some now preach could not build a mouse-trap. Charles Spurgeon
church would-be doing-good
The most useful members of a church are usually those who would be doing harm if they were not doing good. Charles Spurgeon
church conviction repentance
What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power? Aiden Wilson Tozer
church attention pay
Go to church once a week and nobody pays attention. Worship God seven days a week and you become strange! Aiden Wilson Tozer
church done today
In the conduct of our public worship where is the authority of Christ to be found? The truth is that today the Lord rarely controls a service, and the influence He exerts is very small. We sing of Him and preach about Him, but He must not interfere; we worship our way, and it must be right because we have always done it that way, as have the other churches in our group. Aiden Wilson Tozer
church locals local-church
A local church will only be as great as its conception of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer
church watches praying
The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray. Aiden Wilson Tozer