"The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance my resume. I find I renounced ice cream for Lent to lose five excess pounds... I have fallen victim to what T.S. Eliot calls the greatest sin: to do the right thing for the wrong reason."

-- Brennan Manning

#Christian Quotes #Ice Cream Quotes #Self Quotes

“Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.”
“It's America calling the shots in everything”
“Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty.”
“Reciprocating oral sex is, in general, a very good idea!”
“The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.”
“God uses us in spite of who we are, not because of it.”
“Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.”

Source : "Bjorn Ulvaeus: ABBA star behind Mamma Mia". Interview with Gisella Deputato, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2009.
“Learning is about looking at things differently, making your life a little better everyday.”

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