"A clichÃ© is dead matter. It causes gangrene in the prose around it, and sooner or later it eats your brain,"

-- Verlyn Klinkenborg

#Brain Quotes #Matter Quotes #Causes Quotes

“One well-cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth one hundred shallow faculties.”
“Even if people have disappointed you or circumstances have not turned out as you had hoped or prayed, know that God is with you, cares for you, and loves you. He is working all these things together for your good right at this very moment.”

Source : Christine Caine (2014). “Living Life Undaunted: 365 Readings and Reflections from Christine Caine”, Zondervan
“Hope is such an important component to moving forward and getting past the difficult times.”

Source : Source: www1.cbn.com
“Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other.”
“A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.”
“We [human beings] are two-legged omnivorous animals, and this means that we have many ecological niches, regarding the possible places where we can live. Therefore, we have to adapt to these different environments and we cannot predict, in a generic way, in which type of world we are going to live (cold as the North Pole or hot as Congo).”
“Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.”
“I can go into a playground of kids that don't know anything about Christianity, lead them to the Lord in a matter of, just no time at all, and just moments later they can be seeing visions and hearing the voice of God, because they're so open. They are so usable in Christianity.”

Source : "Jesus Camp". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2006.

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