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Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes: We cannot really look at the movement of the Spirit, just because It is the Power by which we do the looking.
         

We cannot really look at the movement of the Spirit, just because It is the Power by which we do the looking.


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If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever.

If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever.



Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.

Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.



For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain.

For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain.



Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.



God was executed by people painfully like us, in a society very similar to our own ... by a corrupt church, a timid politician, and a fickle proletariat led by professional agitators.

God was executed by people painfully like us, in a society very similar to our own ... by a corrupt church, a timid politician, and a fickle proletariat led by professional agitators.



What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.

What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.



A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, for such a society is a house built upon sand.

A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, for such a society is a house built upon sand.



It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.

It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.



As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less Who goes to bed with whom.

As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less Who goes to bed with whom.



If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.

If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.





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I would just encourage any artist to stay focused, of course keep God first, and just keep working hard. Try to outwork those who you idolize.



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I've always wanted to come to Greece.



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If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.



You can't solve a problem? Well, get down and investigate the present facts and [the problem's] past history! When you have investigated the problem thoroughly, you will know how to solve it.

You can't solve a problem? Well, get down and investigate the present facts and [the problem's] past history! When you have investigated the problem thoroughly, you will know how to solve it.



We can stop thinking that good practice is when it’s smooth and calm, and bad practice is when it’s rough and dark. If we can hold it all in our hearts, then we can make a proper cup of tea.

We can stop thinking that good practice is when it’s smooth and calm, and bad practice is when it’s rough and dark. If we can hold it all in our hearts, then we can make a proper cup of tea.



All realities, all dimensions are open to me!

All realities, all dimensions are open to me!



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When you're writing, you're making decisions about compression and the shape of a life, which are very similar to how we experience our inner consciousness.



And I remember most of what I know that is good and true and lasting has come not from scholars but from minstrels and gypsies.

And I remember most of what I know that is good and true and lasting has come not from scholars but from minstrels and gypsies.




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