"The resurrection is not a static and an isolated event fixed in the past, but the unleashing of a power and force that takes the form of a death defying love. Resurrection is ever present, constantly accosting us, challenging us, stretching us, cracking us open and seeking to have its way with us in order that we might come to maturity in Christ."

-- Frank Griswold

#Maturity Quotes #Past Quotes #Order Quotes

“The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.”

Source : Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.22, Transaction Publishers
“There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.”

Source : George W. Norris (1945). “Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris”, p.206, U of Nebraska Press
“Nobody follows me where I go, Over the mountains or valleys below; Nobody sees where the wild winds blow, Only the Father in Heaven can know.”

Source : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.120, Heart of Dixie Publishing
“â€¦You donâ€™t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know?”
“You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.”
“We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously. In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
“It would be a crime for me to say that Islam is a backward desert superstition that has no place in modern, enlightened Europe and it would be a crime to point out that Jewish settlers in Israel who believe they have a God given right to take the land are, frankly, mad. All the above assertions will, no doubt, offend someone or other.”
“Maybe I'm naively romantic, but I do believe that spice and excitement doesn't stop once a couple gets together.”

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