“We're not thinking straight if we say we want to be like Jesus but we don't want to go through anything Jesus went through!” IfsThinkingWantJesus Author:John Bytheway
“If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only 100 years ago is ridiculous.” IfsYearsLooksStillsSpeakAdviceYears AgoMedicalRidiculousTestimony Author:Jennifer Michael Hecht
“With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.” DoeMoralIssuesInvolvedRighteousnessNeutralityMoral Issues Book:1914-1919 Source: 1914-1919
“Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is just as cold as you, so you shouldn't complain about it too much. You learn this as a kid, coming home crying from the cold, and Mother looks down and says, 'It's only a little frostbite. You're okay.' And thus you learn to be okay. What's done is done. Get over it. Drink your coffee. It's not the best you'll ever get but it's good enough.” LooksLittlesSelfDoneEnoughHomeKidsMotherGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingCryColdDrinkOkayDown AndWinterComplainingCoffeePityOver ItComing HomeGood EnoughGet OverSelf PityPersonal Experiences Author:Garrison Keillor
“We are as happy as people can be, without making themselves ridiculous, and might be even happier; but, as a matter of taste, we choose to stop short at this point.” PeopleMatterMightTasteRidiculous Book:Selected Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne Source: Selected Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne
“In the final analysis, the progress of our civilization will be retarded if any large body of citizens falls behind. Without the help of thousands of others, any one of us would die, naked and starved.” IfsHelpingBodyDiesFallBehindsProgressCitizensCivilizationFinalsNakedAnalysisRetarded Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The Web is a compelling new medium being put to all kinds of uses, by everyone from banks to Cub Scouts to flying saucer cults. That said, it can also be a powerful folly amplifier.” KindSaidUsePowerfulFlyingMediumsAll KindsFollyCompellingCultCubsFlying SaucersAmplifiersCub Scout Author:Paul Saffo
“If you asked a sample of Americans "What is the temperature of Mars?" about 8% would say they don't know.” IfsKnowsMarsTemperatureSample Author:Herbert Stein