"I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen."

-- Eugene H. Peterson

#Teaching Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The only way for a relationship to survive, I think, is to have no sex at all. After all, you marry for friendship, for companionship - and passion after a while ... pfffft. I mean, does it excite you when your left hand touches your right?”
“Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all else, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word.”
“A garden is mainly ...a space around which interests can be accumulated.”
“I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as my head. But here the secret working of self consciousness is almost too entangled with the things of the past for me to explain it.”
“Never stay in a bad marriage, and don't hang around with psycho coke fiends.”
“I think comedy Ive learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.”
“If thou art fighting against thy sins, so is God. On thy side is God who made all, and Christ who died for all and the Spirit who alone gives wisdom, purity, and nobleness.”
“And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games that they do not watch. And I could see this boy throwing up in the bushes at a party house. And I could see my sister putting up with it. And I felt very bad for both of them.”

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