"Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed."

-- John Stott

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Essence Quotes

“I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
“From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people...”

Source : Mary McCarthy (2011). “Memories Of A Catholic Girlhood”, p.15, Random House
“So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time.”
“What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.”
“What other people think of us usually has very little to do with who we are. It has a lot more to do with the other individuals' issues-their prejudices, their fears, and projections. So it is a waste of time to constantly try to impress or please others.”

Source : Beverly Engel (2011). “AARP The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused--and Start Standing Up for Yourself”, p.58, John Wiley & Sons
“Claudia Rankine'sÂ CitizenÂ comes at you like doom. It's the best note in the wrong song that is America. Its various realities-'mistaken' identity, social racism, the whole fabric of urban and suburban life-are almost too much to bear, but you bear them, because it's the truth.Â CitizenÂ is Rankine'sÂ Spoon River Anthology, an epic as large and frightening and beautiful as the country and various emotional states that produced it.”
“The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to discuss the option of controlling foxes by shooting with a rifle. He suggested that that method was preferred in the Burns report. However, nowhere in that report, so far as I can see, does any conclusion suggest that fox hunting is cruel. I defy the noble Lord to find a reference in the Burns report that says that fox hunting is cruel. It does not say that anywhere. Therefore, the only conclusion to draw is that fox hunting is not cruel.”
“Thinking is trying to think the unthinkable: thinking the thinkable is not worth the effort.”

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