"In that process of coming to know that which we name as divine, the God who is love is slowly transformed into the love that is God. Let me repeat that...We breathe love in, and we breathe love out. It is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. It is never exhausted, always expanding. When I try to describe this reality, words fail me; so I simply utter the name God. That name, however, is no longer for me the name of a being..."

-- John Shelby Spong

#Love Quotes #Reality Quotes #Names Quotes

“It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.”
“I destroy the image after I've made it, obliterate it a little so you never have it completely there.”

Source : "Deborah Turbeville’s Unseen Versailles" by Dan Thawley, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 17, 2012.
“Jews and Muslims 'dialoguing' has nothing to do with Palestine. The problem is settler colonialism, apartheid and occupation, not religion.”
“Every year I will stock my locker up with body wash, different lotions, different oils and different creams.”

Source : "NBA Players' Grooming Secrets: Secret Deodorant, Bath & Body Works and Herbal Essences" by Cinya Burton, www.eonline.com. November 27, 2013.
“The roots of creativity of cooking are hungry people trying to figure out how to take something that's not particularly fresh or tender and transform it into it something delicious that everyone will love.”
“although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.”
“The last time I had this much fun was a root-canal operation.”
“Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company, we have Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.”

Source : "Where Have All the Workers Gone?" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. February 24, 2014.

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