"Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit himself. A frequent source of error and fanaticism about the work of the Holy Spirit is the attempt to study and understand His work without, first of all, coming to know Him as a person."

-- R. A. Torrey

#Errors Quotes #Religion Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Hello and good-bye are not as simple as everyone thinks.”

Source : Cecil Castellucci (2011). “First Day on Earth”, p.71, Scholastic Inc.
“It's why I get miffed at all the dashing around in recent zombie films. It completely misses the point; transforms the threat to a straightforward physical danger from the zombies themselves, rather than our own inability to avoid them and these films are about us, not them. There's far more meat on the bones of the latter, far more juicy interpretation to get our teeth into. The first zombie is by comparison thin and one dimensional and ironically, it is down to all the exercise.”
“Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.”
“Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.”
“Love is learning the song in someone's heart and singing it to them when they forget.”

Source : M.K. Asante (2013). “Buck: A Memoir”, p.140, Spiegel & Grau
“My brother Julio and I worked to improve the quality of wines from California and to put fine wine on American dinner tables at a price people could afford”

Source : "American wine giant Ernest Gallo dies", www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2007.
“If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.”
“Canadians, do not vomit on me!”

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