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Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.
— Bill Johnson
Her humour was a mere vane for constantly varying caprices.
— Emily Bronte
I swear, on my salvation, he's going to his grave, and none but you can save him!
— Emily Bronte
Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the author chooses, - if short, then in a short one; if long, then in a long one. If it be his pleasure that you should enact a poor man, see that you act it well; or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen. For this is your business, to act well the given part; but to choose it, belongs to another.
— Epictetus
Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a kind as the author pleases to make it. If short, of a short one; if long, of a long one.
— Epictetus
To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God.
— Epictetus
well as the others, namely, the faculty of reason. Reason is unique among the faculties assigned
— Epictetus
The Church is seen as a secular organization - a real-estate conglomerate, a powerful lobby for the oppression of women - which has little or nothing to do with spiritual transcendence. It will doubtless seek to ban this book. Less than two hundred and fifty years ago, it would have burned the author.
— Erica Jong
To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the stars, having death or slavery continually before my eyes?
— Anaximenes
Preaching a series allows you to go into greater depth in the text, and spending several weeks on one theme allows the teaching to be absorbed more thoroughly.
— John Ortberg
When I looked at the addictive qualities of video games and how they captivate people's attention, I decided to try the same technology for enhancing well-being.
— Deepak Chopra
I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
— Joel Osteen