T Quotes
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“There is a beauty in paradox when it comes to talking about things of ultimate concern. Paradox works against our tendency to stay superficial in our faith, or to rest on easy answers or categorical thinking. It breaks apart our categories by showing the inadequacy of them and by pointing to a reality larger than us, the reality of gloria, of light, of beyond-the-beyond. I like to call it paradoxology—the glory of paradox, paradox-doxology—which takes us somewhere we wouldn’t be capable of going if we thought we had everything all wrapped up, if we thought we had attained full comprehension. The commitment to embracing the paradox and resisting the impulse to categorize people (ourselves included) is one of the ways we follow Jesus into that larger mysterious reality of light and love.”
“There is a beauty in the O&G industry, and nobody sees it except those who are passionate about it.”
“There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.”
“There is a beauty that arises from withholding judgment and evading comparison, a grace in not demanding consensus.”
“There is a beauty to touring - to be honest, there's a way that music connects and you really feel the actual reaction of people to the music that you're making, and I feel like if I didn't do that I just wouldn't know, and I don't think my music would be the same.”
“There is a beginning and end to all life - and to all human endeavors. Species evolve and die off. Empires rise, then break apart. Businesses grow, then fold. There are no exceptions. I'm OK with all that. Yet it pains me to bear witness to the sixth great extinction, where we humans are directly responsible for the extirpation of so many wonderful creatures and invaluable indigenous cultures. It saddens me to observe the plight of our own species; we appear to be incapable of solving our problems.”
Source: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
“There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning ... There is something. There is nothing.”
“There is a being with a thousand heads, a thousand eyes and a thousand feet. He surrounds the earth from all directions, he surrounds the universe from all directions, and yet there is more of him that is left over. This being is divided into four parts. Three of these parts exist in lofty places and the fourth part is manifested on earth. This fourth part embraces the four directions on earth. All beings who have been born and all beings who will be born are manifestations of this being. Three parts of the being are immortal and exist in heaven, and the fourth part sustains all objects on earth. This being is the lord of immortality and of food grains. He is supreme; he is the one who created the earth.”
Source: Sama Veda
“There is a belief that children drop out of school because they're needed by their families to work, or the little girls are needed to take care of younger siblings. It turns out that's not really true.”
“There is a belief that love has its own justification, that it should be experienced as passionately as possible. The French have a wonderful expression, amour passion, which is the ultimate.”
“There is a belief that there is a hyperobject called Overmind, or God, that casts a shadow into time. History is our group experience if this shadow. As one draws closer and closer to the source of the shadow, the paradoxes intensify, the rate of change intensifies. What is happening is that the hyperobject is beginning to ingress into three-dimensional space.”
“There is a bench in the back of my garden shaded by Virginia creeper, climbing roses, and a white pine where I sit early in the morning and watch the action. Light blue bells of a dwarf campanula drift over the rock garden just before my eyes. Behind it, a three-foot stand of aconite is flowering now, each dark blue cowl-like corolla bowed for worship or intrigue: thus its common name, monkshood. Next to the aconite, black madonna lilies with their seductive Easter scent are just coming into bloom. At the back of the garden, a hollow log, used in its glory days for a base to split kindling, now spills white cascade petunias and lobelia.
I can't get enough of watching the bees and trying to imagine how they experience the abundance of, say, a blue campanula blosssom, the dizzy light pulsing, every fiber of being immersed in the flower. ...
Last night, after a day in the garden, I asked Robin to explain (again) photosynthesis to me. I can't take in this business of _eating light_ and turning it into stem and thorn and flower...
I would not call this meditation, sitting in the back garden. Maybe I would call it eating light. Mystical traditions recognize two kinds of practice: _apophatic mysticism_, which is the dark surrender of Zen, the Via Negativa of John of the Cross, and _kataphatic mysticism_, less well defined: an openhearted surrender to the beauty of creation. Maybe Francis of Assissi was, on the whole, a kataphatic mystic, as was Thérèse of Lisieux in her exuberant momemnts: but the fact is, kataphatic mysticism has low status in religious circles. Francis and Thérèse were made, really made, any mother superior will let you know, in the dark nights of their lives: no more of this throwing off your clothes and singing songs and babbling about the shelter of God's arms.
When I was twelve and had my first menstrual period, my grandmother took me aside and said, 'Now your childhood is over. You will never really be happy again.' That is pretty much how some spiritual directors treat the transition from kataphatic to apophatic mysticism.
But, I'm sorry, I'm going to sit here every day the sun shines and eat this light. Hung in the bell of desire.”
Source: The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
“There is a bend in the road. I don't know what lies around that bend, but I hope for the best.”
Source: Anne of Green Gables
“There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it.”
“There IS a better future for you! Get rid of that negative and defeated attitude. Stop tearing yourself down and learn to build yourself up. Speak positively about yourself. If you’re not satisfied with who you are and where you’re at in your life, have the courage to make a change and be a person that you can be proud of. Change can be scary, but change for the better is very rewarding in the end. You can do it! Do it for YOU.”
“There is a better place you can pour your heart out without being judged. It is at the feet of Jesus. Kneel and pray!”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“There is a better version of this story
where we both leave him.
Instead of loving him so much it felt like church.
Building a cathedral inside his crooked mouth.”
Source: In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive
“There is a better vision for our future: A return to freedom.”
“There is a better way for everything. Find it.”
“There is a better way to do it - Find it!”
“There is a better way. It is to repudiate our own wisdom and take instead the infinite wisdom of God.”
Source: The Knowledge of the Holy
“There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life.”
“There is a big, beautiful purpose to your life, and in my experience, logic, and science are not the keys to finding it. When we ignore intuition for whatever reasons, we are neglecting our soulful purpose. We sabotage any chances we have to feel the calming contentment that comes from walking our own unique path. We dismiss all the abundant possibilities we have to create a life that will lead to us feeling absolutely alive in each moment.”
Source: Rituals of the Soul: Using the 8 Ancient Principles of Yoga to Create a Modern & Meaningful Life
“There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.”
“There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada.”
“There is a big deposit of sympathy in the bank of love, but don't draw out little sums every hour or so - so that by and by, when perhaps you need it badly, it is all drawn out and you yourself don't know how or on what it was spent.”
Source: Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home
“There is a big difference between a disappointing friend and a deadly enemy. Of course the Democrats are disappointing. That's what makes them Democrats. If they were any more frustrating they'd be your relatives. But in this country they are all that stands between you and darkest night. You know why their symbol is the letter 'D'? Because it's a grade that means good enough, but just barely. You know why the Republican symbol is 'R'? Because it's the noise a pirate makes when he robs you and feeds you to a shark.”
“There is a big difference between ‘America First’ and ‘American’s First’.”
“There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments of God. Those who deliberately choose to violate God's commandments or ignore the standards of the Church, even when promising themselves and others that someday they will be strong enough to repent, are stepping into a dangerously slippery slope upon which many have lost their spiritual footing.”
“There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.”
“There is a big difference between being good and being great.”
“There is a big difference between being lonely and being alone. I am alone when I write, but I am rarely lonely.”
Source: 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists: Insider Secrets from Top Writers
“There is a big difference between Being Successful or Being Significant - Choose your way wisely.”
“There is a big difference between bravery and insanity”
“There is a big difference between fighting the cold war and fighting radical Islam. The rules have changed and we haven't.”
“There is a big difference between just learning something, and actually LIVING what you learn.”
“There is a big difference between knowing a lot and understanding things.”
Source: Life Is A Cocktail
“There is a big difference between knowledge and know-how. One, gives insight on how to do something, the other is actually being able to do it”
Source: Distilled Thoughts
“There is a big difference between living in a society that hunts whales and living in one that views them. Nature is being reduced to precious demonstrations for entertainment and education, something far less natural than hunting. Are we headed for a world where nothing is left of nature but parks?”
Source: Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
“There is a big difference between manslaughter and first-degree murder.”
“There is a big difference between motion and action. Just because you get out of bed doesn't mean you are making progress. Taking action requires decisiveness, dedication, and clear direction.”
“There is a big difference between phrases "I must do it" and "I want to do it" when it comes to your own life!”
“There is a big difference between pushing others down and growing.”
“There is a big difference between somebody who knows the Bible and somebody who knows the Author of the Bible. There is a big difference between somebody who studies the Bible for theological purposes and somebody who studies the Bible because he loves God.”
Source: Magnify the Lord: A Challenge to the Nominal Christian
“There is a big difference between storytelling and being alive. Those are the two things that I prefer in life - telling stories and being alive.”
“There is a big difference between the lower samadhis and the upper samadhis, like the difference between the Sierras and the Himalayas.”
“There is a big difference between The Merchant of Venice and a photograph of two males of different races in an erotic pose on a marble table top.”
“There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with the relationship. and thinking I'm in a relationship and we've got problems. This is evidence that you are different than me.”
“There is a big difference between tweeting to your friend about something that is happening and having a real personal relationship with people.”
“There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want to write, even though they find crafting sentences and paragraphs unpleasant. They hope there is a way to write without writing. I can tell you with certainty there isn’t one.”