"They amuse themselves by playing an irrelevant ecclesiastical game called "Let's Pretend." Let's pretend that we possess the objective truth of God in our inerrant Scriptures or in our infallible pronouncements or in our unbroken apostolic traditions."

-- John Shelby Spong

#Games Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Unbroken Quotes

“Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.”
“Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.”

Source : Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.121, Taylor Trade Publications
“One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.”
“There is no eloquence which does not agitate the soul.”
“Democracy has become, unless I mistake, a kind of test or shibboleth, by which we try men and measures; and this is the same as to say that it is merely a word which is powerful with us, and not the wide and true notion of what the word means. But we must define the true import of words, and not be slaves to syllables; for democracy in form is not necessarily people-power in fact, but power perhaps of a few, who cajole the many and so lead and use the people for their own ends.”
“You know, thereâ€™s something when you just know you fit together. And I fit with you. I donâ€™t care what you are, human or anything else. Itâ€™s like a need, Maddy. So please.â€ He stopped and looked at her desperately. Nakedly. â€œGive me a chance, Maddy.”
“All my life I have been restless-- I have felt there is something more wonderful than gloss-- than wholeness-- than staying at home.”
“I wanted to be an honest writer and show my ugliness as much as I showed my hopes or goodness. And that really sculpted the type of artist I've become.”

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