"We don't want to think about our weaknesses. We don't want to talk about them, and we certainly don't want anyone else to point them out. This is a classic sign of mediocrity, and this mediocrity has a firm grip on the Church and humanity at this moment in history."

-- Matthew Kelly

#Thinking Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Church Quotes

“Those who love the Gospel will love to be stirred by its truth all over again.”
“I did my own thinking ... I have never given it out to be done by others as one gives out washing.”
“I was accused of insulting the president, insulting Islam, insulting - spreading rumors, disturbing the peace.”

Source : "'Egyptian Jon Stewart' Bassem Youssef Will Now Satirize U.S. Democracy". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 3, 2016.
“The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.”
“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”
“What is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death. They are one: choosing sugarcoated misery we mock the lifegiving God. It was meant to be another way: God's glory exalted in our everlasting joy.”
“Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.”

Source : Adeline Yen Mah (2009). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, p.12, Laurel Leaf
“I write almost always in the third person, and I don't think the narrator is male or female anyway. They're both, and young and old, and wise and silly, and sceptical and credulous, and innocent and experienced, all at once. Narrators are not even human - they're sprites.”

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