“Write something dangerous. Say something you shouldn’t. Blow something up. But well.” Quote by Shalom Auslander
“Written with passion, honesty, humor, and a stubborn, rebellious optimism, Dear Marcus is like nothing I've ever read. When a bullet in the back told Jerry McGill not to go on, Jerry went on-smiling.” PassionWrittenHonestyGoes OnOptimismDearBulletsStubbornRebelliousJerry Author:Shalom Auslander
“What is always at stake in any decision we make is what that choice turns us into.” TurnsChoicesDecisionStakesDecisions We Make Author:Terryl L. Givens
“God’s power rests not on totalizing omnipotence, but on His ability to alchemize suffering, tragedy, and loss into wisdom, understanding, and joy.” JoySufferingUnderstandingLossAbilityTragedyOmnipotence Author:Terryl L. Givens
“The greatest act of self-revelation occurs when we choose what we will believe, in that space of freedom that exists between knowing that a thing is, and knowing that a thing is not.” BelieveSelfSpaceKnowingRevelationsSelf Revelation Author:Terryl L. Givens
“The earliest religious texts in the West ascribe to humankind both a prehistory and a destiny among the gods. M. David Litwa presents a striking survey of the varieties the latter of these beliefs has had, both within and outside the Christian tradition. Becoming Divine reconstructs an accessible and fascinating mosaic of this too-long neglected idea, utilizing figures as disparate as Orphic cultists, Augustine, and Nietzsche.” LongIdeasChristianBeliefReligiousDestinyFiguresDivineBecomingTraditionWestVarietyLatterFascinatingHumankindNeglectedSurveysMosaicsAugustinePrehistoryUtilizingReligious Texts Author:Terryl L. Givens
“I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out.” FiguresInstinctIntellectAlways Believe Book:Bono Source: Bono
“Look, the job of life is to turn your negatives into positives” LooksJobsLife IsTurns Book:Bono Source: Bono
“I think cynicism often disguises itself as humour.” ThinkingHumourCynicismDisguise Book:Bono Source: Bono
“As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who are used to getting their own way,and you know you’ve really got under their skin when they pursue censorship, the avenue of last resort since time immemorial.” PeopleKnowsWayJobsLastsUsedPowerfulRichSkinsPursueManageJournalistUpsetCensorshipEntitledResortsAvenues Author:Guy Adams
“The ocean can be yours; why should you stop Beguiled by dreams of evanescent dew? The secrets of the sun are yours, but you Content yourself with motes trapped in beams.” ShouldDreamSecretSunOceanTrappedDewBeam Author:Farid al-Din Attar