"Either you allow Holy Scriptures to change you, or you will normally try to use it to change--and clobber--other people. It is the height of idolatry to use the supposed Word of God so that my small self can be in control and be right. But I am afraid this has been more the norm than the exception in the use of the Bible."

-- Richard Rohr

#Self Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“We cannot feel strongly toward the totally unlike because it is unimaginable, unrealizable; nor yet toward the wholly like because it is stale - identity must always be dull company. The power of other natures over us lies in a stimulating difference which causes excitement and opens communication, in ideas similar to our own but not identical, in states of mind attainable but not actual.”
“I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors.”
“I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.”
“If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.”
“Whether we experience it or not, grief accompanies all the major changes in our lives. When we realize that we have grieved before and recovered, we see that we may recover this time as well. It is more natural to recover than to halt in the tracks of grief forever. Our expectations, willingness and beliefs are all essential to our recovery from grief. It is right to expect to recover, no matter how great the loss. Recovery is the normal way .”
“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”
“Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Hell is a real place, more real than the city in which you live, much hotter and more populated.”

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