Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.
Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?
Compassion for the mother is extremely important, but is never served through destroying the innocent.
There's a timeless truth behind the concept of giving God our firstfruits. Whether or not the tithe is still the minimal measure of those firstfruits, I ask myself, "Does God expect His New Covenant children to give less or more?" Jesus raised the spiritual bar; He never lowered it.
For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.
I believe the most dangerous misconception is the idea our money and possessions belong to us, not God. Many of our problems begin when we forget that God is the Boss of the universe. But in fact He is more than the boss; He is the owner.
When Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, it's not just because wealth might be lost; it's because wealth will always be lost. Either it leaves us while we live, or we leave it when we die. No exceptions. . . . Realizing its value is temporary should radically affect our investment strategy. . . . According to Jesus, storing up earthly treasures isn't simply wrong. It's just plain stupid.
You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.
What do we older folks live for if not for the care of the young, to teach and train them?
I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.
A man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice