L.A. Paul Quotes
We live in an age that cannibalises its past because it has lost faith in its future.
The more intense the belief, the less likely that reason and evidence can dislodge it.
thought for the day.. we are only as strong and safe as the elements we allow into our inner circle rather than the belief of isolation, as a solution, which is foolish...LT
People sometimes cling to the strangest beliefs. On the one hand, they believe in an all loving God, but on the other hand they believe He will give you cancer to test or mature you.
I do not know your woes, Humans, but I do know that they are abundant. Believe in each other, and stand together, and you will conquer them all.
Literature not only illuminated another's experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection
Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.
John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.
Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.
The topography of literature, the fact in fiction, is one of my pleasures -- I mean, where the living road enters the pages of a book, and you are able to stroll along both the real and imagined road.
I learned that books are never finished, that it is possible for stories to go on writing themselves without an author.
The word is a prism through which the two beams shot from heart and head are refracted into the colours of the Universe.
Nothing mitigates the throes of depression like a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce and grated parmasan cheese, with a good fresh bread to wipe up.
...you have to ask yourself two questions: Who am I? And how may I become myself?
I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely. How appropriate that I write this to myself.
Grace is not a little prayer you say before you eat. It is a way of life. Eph 2:8, 9
Prayer is a moment of incarnation - God with us. God involved in the details of my life.
When we find ourselves praying for something that we want, perhaps more than anything we've ever wanted before, can we honestly pray, 'Lord, do what will bring you the most glory"?
Prayer is not meant to be a burden or used as a badge of holiness. Instead, it is a gift of God that when used properly should yield great victory in our lives.
Prayer mirrors the gospel. In the gospel, the Father takes us as we are and gives us his gift of salvation. In prayer, the Father receives us as we are because of Jesus and gives us his gift of help.
...It is far more sinful to pray irregularly than not to pray at all.
We have an allergic reaction to dependency, but this is the state of the heart most necessary for a praying life. A need heart is a praying heart. Dependency is the heartbeat of prayer.
We don't know how bad we are until we try to be good. Nothing exposes our selfishness and spiritual pwerlessness like prayer.
The kingdom comes when Jesus becomes king of your life. But it has to be your life.
In order to pray like a child, you might need to unlearn the nonpersonal, nonreal praying that you've been taught.
Error is human, perfection is divine!You are not God! Your mistake is normal.So forgive yourself.
I believe bending to the will or beliefs of one person and not being an individual will eventually lead to the perpetual destruction of society today as we know it!
If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you can't learn any other way.--Mark Twain
My mom used to say that faith and fear can't exist simultaneously in the mind any more than light and dark can exist simultaneously in the same room.
We know how to read traffic lights, but what don't you know how to read spiritual signs?
As one who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
Rich or poor, living in a trusting society simply makes people happier.
Never trust a person whose smile doesn't reach their eyes, chances are they do similar thing when they "cry" - Just be sure you have that OSCAR ready next time they do this
The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy.
Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
If someone has wronged you, tell this to yourself: “I did not deserve God’s forgiveness, but He forgave me through Christ. So I forgive this person also.
