"Love provides the motive for obeying the commands of the law, but the law provides specific direction for exercising love."

-- Jerry Bridges

#Exercise Quotes #Law Quotes #Motive Quotes

“Lovers and warriors are not bound by the rules of fair play.”
“It seems to me that we canâ€™t explain all the truly awful things in the world like war and murder and brain tumors, and we canâ€™t fix these things, so we look at the frightening things that are closer to us and we magnify them until they burst open. Inside is something that we can manage, something that isnâ€™t as awful as it had a first seemed. It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes kind.”
“You take a fraction of reality and expand on it. It's very seldom totally at odds with the facts. It's shaving a piece of reality off.”
“Art should stimulate.”
“Who should listen to discussions of theology? Those for whom it is a serious undertaking, not just another subject like any other for entertaining small-talk, after the races, the theater, songs, food, and sex: for there are people who count chatter on theology and clever deployment of arguments as one of their amusements.”
“I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion.”
“You can't turn love on and off like a faucet.”
“Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.”

Source : "Valerie Bertinelli comes clean on drugs, infidelity" by Jen Brown and Bob Considine, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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