T Quotes
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“The closer we are to God, the richer we are”
“The closer we are to God, to divine attributes - such as absolute truth, goodness, and beauty - the more we wonder. When we separate ourselves from truth, goodness, and beauty, we lose wonder and become cynical. The Enlightenment was basically the narrowing of our vision to a purely scientific, empirical, rationalistic worldview, screwing down the manhole covers on us so we became squinting underground creatures.”
“The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.”
“The closer we come to understanding the challenges of autism, the better we are placed to accommodate and educate without risking removing that individuality we all love.”
Source: Colour Coding for Learners with Autism: A Resource Book for Creating Meaning through Colour at Home and School
“The closer we get—the more I let you in…the more dangerous this gets. We’re just pawns in this game, and I wasn’t playing before. I was just a piece to move about the board, but I am playing now. Don’t you get it? You’re what everyone wants! But I’m not going to let them win.”
Source: In Between Seasons
“The closer we try to get to God, the more we will hate to sin in our own lives, the more we are saddened by the thoughts that runs through our minds. I also think that the more we draw closer to God, the more God will honour us and will open doors for the right things to happen in our life.”
“The closer we walk with God, the more His light exposes the pride still hidden in us. In His light, we see ourselves more clearly, examine ourselves more honestly, and grow deeper in true humility.”
“The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel.”
“The closer you are to people, the more you realise what has happened to them.”
“The
closer you are to someone, the more it hurts
when they leave.”
Source: I Saw The Devil
“The closer you are to the end of your temporal trials, the louder the voice of critics. Close your ears to the heavy downpours of their discouragements. God whispers; “I am with you”!”
Source: Daily Drive 365
“The closer you are, the brighter the flames in my heart.”
“The closer you can get to your setting and to primary sources, the more authentic your history is going to be.”
“The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.”
“The closer you come to Jesus, the more faulty you will appear in your own eyes; for your vision will be clearer, and your imperfections will be seen in broad and distinct contrast to His perfect nature.”
Source: Steps to Christ—Illustrated
“The closer you come to knowing that you alone create the world of your experience, the more vital it becomes for you to discover just who is doing the creating.”
“The closer you come to your authentic self, the simpler everything becomes. Listen to your intuition. It will tell you who you are.”
“The closer you come to your core, the greater is your joy.”
“The closer you get to death, the more alive you feel. Dylan Thomas wrote, Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. My dad always taught me to live like that. Dad wrote a poem too. It goes, Dune buggies. Woohoo!”
“The closer you get to God, the more you become yourself.”
“The closer you get to heaven, the less air there is, because when you get to heaven for real, you don't need to breathe anymore.”
“The closer you get to know someone, the more you see their true colors.”
“The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.”
Source: The Dharma Bums
“The closer you get to reality, the harder it is to make it look convincing to the audience. That's why I tend to make things [films] that are a little bit more caricature.”
“The closer you get to the countryside, the closer you get to your distant past because historically you came from the countryside and the closer you get to the places you exist, the more peaceful you feel!”
“The Closer you get to the light, the bigger your shadow becomes.”
“The closer you get to the source, the more you begin to understand its essential nature.”
“The closer you get to the Sun, the higher the levels of radiation become.”
“The closer you get to the Sun, the lower your blood oxygen levels go.”
“The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That's why theology and worship belong together.”
Source: For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church
“The closer you get to what's happening in TV now and the ways it's evolving, the more danger you get into.”
“The closer you get to your dream, the more your personal legend becomes your real reason for living.”
“The closer you get to your past the sooner you realize it was never present”
“The closer you get to your ultimate customer, the more you learn about your business.”
“The closer you got to anything beautiful, the less beautiful it became. Allure was in the mystery, not the appearance.”
Source: Corrupt
“The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.”
“The closer you look at something, the more complex it seems to be.”
“The closer you looked at Los Angeles, the less sense the place made. Living here was like living inside a confusing dream that threatened to plunge into a nightmare at any moment. Richie viewed LA as their salvation, but Alabama saw the truth: It wanted to consume them.”
Source: Porno Valley
“The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.”
“The closer your social media you is to the real you, the happier you’ll be.”
Source: Moments to Spare
“The closest and most precious people in your life are guaranteed to make you feel the entire spectrum of human emotions.”
“The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.”
Source: The Border Trilogy
“The closest book most journalists have to a bible is their publication's style guide. Looking back over previous editions allow us to track the "ebb and flow of a living language", according to The Times.
In my eyes, new additions to a style guide or dictionary highlight the impact of shifts in culture better than almost anything else.”
Source: The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way
“The closest enemy ship might be your own.”
“The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.”
Source: Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches
“The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.”
Source: To Grandmother with Love: A Special Tribute
“The closest friends you'll have are the ones you'd take a bullet for, but they're the ones you constantly feel you could put a bullet in as well.”
“The closest I came to doing anything that I wanted to do was to try and check and see what industries were just starting out. There was plastics and television, and I figured television had to be more fun than plastics.”
“The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me.”
“The closest I ever came to a menage-a-trois was when I dated a schizophrenic.”