Kindle Quotes

“Indeed we may say that, as our periods of sleeping and waking are of equal length, and as in each period the soul contends that the beliefs of the moment are preeminently true, the result is that for half our lives we assert the reality of the one set of objects, and for half that of the other set.

“If we engage our hurting world with compassion and good works, we will find the soil of people’s hearts more ready for the gospel. Living as a community of radical love that is becoming increasingly like Jesus will help reverse some of the stereotypes applied to Christians.” - Jonathan MorrowThink

“The Air Force asked for, and got, a weapon which would do this. It had a long and involved set of initials for its name, but among SAC crews it was known as a hornet. The name was apt. A hornet sting is about as bad as you can get. A sting from the nuclear warhead–no bigger than a large grapefruit–

“15:4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 15:5I am the vine , ye are the branches : He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 15:6If

“‘This perfect beauty, this vision of her that walks within the garden, has slain me suddenly. Unless I obtain her mercy and her grace, unless at the very least I am permitted to see her, I am as good as dead. There is nothing else to say.’” - Peter AckroydThe Canterbury Tales: A Retelling(via Lori