John Austin Baker famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.

  • When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

  • But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts

  • The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination.

  • This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

  • You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

  • Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination - perhaps more importantly - creativity is the power to act.

  • Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.

  • You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.

  • Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

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