"The crisis of the church is not at its deepest level a crisis of authority, or a crisis of dogmatic theology. It is a crisis of powerlessness in which our sole recourse is to call on the help and inward power of the Holy Spirit."

-- James K. Baxter

#Christian Quotes #Church Quotes #Inward Quotes

“I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.”

Source : Georges Bataille (1988). “The accursed share: an essay on general economy”, Zone Books (NY)
“Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures.”
“The utter folly of our time is lamentable, that men should think to assist God with human help and to protect the Church of Christ by worldly ambition.”
“The ladies pass the timee with gossip and hearsay. This is what they have in place of freedom- gime and gossip. Their lives are small and careful. I do not wish to live this way. I should like to make my mark. To venture opinions that may not be polite or even correct but are mine nonetheless. If I am to be hanged for anything, I should like to feel that I go to the gallows on my own strength.”
“I donâ€™t believe in magic. I believe in hard work.”
“The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.”
“As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.”

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