"The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must abandon, therefore, its reliance on guilt as a motivator of behavior."

-- John Shelby Spong

#Punishment Quotes #Forever Quotes #Religion Quotes

“English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure the value of other poetic drama by the standards which Shakespeare has already implanted in his mind.”

Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.58, Delphi Classics
“You've go to have a heart to be in the WWE, but its got to be black. Just like me.”
“You know the sultans used to light their garden parties with turtles? They'd put candles on their backs and let them wander around. Hundreds of them.”

Source : Joseph Kanon (2012). “Istanbul Passage: A grippping historical thriller from the author of Leaving Berlin”, p.160, Simon and Schuster
“There is a constant need for new systems and new software.”
“It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.”

Source : "The misunderestimated president" by John O'Farrell, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2001.
“Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed The speculating rooks at their nests cawed And saw from elm tops, delicate as flower of grass, What we below could not see, Winter pass.”

Source : Edward Thomas (1997). “Poems”, p.16, Imperial War Museum
“In heaven above, And earth below, they best can serve true gladness Who meet most feelingly the calls of sadness.”
“I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown.”

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