"I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church."

-- Gene Robinson

#Gay Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Church Quotes

“Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science”

Source : Two Sources of Morality and Religion ch. 3 (1932) (translation by R. Ashley Audra and Cloudesley Brereton)
“When I was in high school, we were all laboring under the illusion, or maybe it was a reality, that everyone in our school was a virgin.”
“Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.”
“Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering, in order that they may have existence.”
“Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate.”
“I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way out of a terrible situation. I crazily try to be the diplomat. If there are two warring factions in my life, I want them to agree to disagree at the very least.”
“The mass media causes sexual misdirection: It prompts us to need something deeper than what we want. This is why Woody Allen has made nebbish guys cool; he makes people assume there is something profound about having a relationship based on witty conversation and intellectual discourse. There isn't. It's just another gimmick, and it's no different than wanting to be with someone because they're thin or rich or the former lead singer of Whiskeytown.”
“Baseball has always been slow to accept change. Only through dire pressure can any radical change be accomplished. The move of the Giants and Dodgers from New York to California brought that pressure in abundance.”

You may also like:

Dick Gephardt
Former Majority leader
Frank Griswold
Jay Bakker
Pastor
Justin Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury
Katharine Jefferts Schori
Mel White
Clergyman
Peter Akinola
Religious Leader
Rick Warren
Pastor
Rowan Williams
Poet