"There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth."

-- Maya Angelou

#Life Quotes #Peace Quotes #Truth Quotes

“When you feed the big dog, it does whatever you tell him to do.”
“Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists.”
“The Logos came down out of love for us. Let us not keep Him down permanently, but let us go up with Him to the Father, leaving the earth and earthly things behind, lest He say to us what He said to the Jews because of their stubbornness: 'I go where you cannot come (Jn. 8:21).”
“There are only a few bits of absolute knowledge in the world, people can learn only one or two fundamental facts about each other, the rest is decoration and prejudice.”
“I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.”

Source : "New Again: Garbage". Interview with Paige Powell and Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 23, 2012.
“If outside forces and culture were the reasons behind declining and non-influential churches, we would likely have no churches today. The greatest periods of growth, particularly the first-century growth, took place in adversarial cultures. We are not hindered by external forces; we are hindered by our own lack of commitment and selflessness.”

Source : "“I Am A Church Member” – A Conversation with Thom Rainer". Interview with Trevin Wax, blogs.thegospelcoalition.org. April 25, 2013.
“I regard everything with irony, including the face I see in the mirror when I wake up in the morning.”
“My father once told me of a trick question he used in a college class on forest fire control. If there was a fire coming from a certain direction and wind was coming from another, what was the best thing to do? The right answer was, "Run like hell and pray for rain," but few students ever got it. So allow yourself the freedom of knowing there are times to bail out, quit, run, leave the struggle, and have more time for joy.”

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