“If love doesn’t triumph, it ought to. For love is the one thing we have that feels more powerful than even death; the only respite from life’s wretched absurdity. The magic of love is not that it contains all the answers, it’s that it eliminates the need for so many pressing questions. For love makes us feel like gods--and that’s what we’re really after, isn’t it?” IfsNeedsFeelsAnswersLove IsPowerfulMagicOne ThingOughtTriumphAbsurdityWretchedRespite Book:Losing Julia Source: Losing Julia
“The Christian must abstain from sin. It is as simple and direct as that. You have no right to say, 'I am weak, I cannot, and temptation is very powerful.' The answer of the New Testament is, Stop doing it!” ChristianSinSimpleAnswersPowerfulDirectWeakTemptationTestamentNew TestamentVery Powerful Author:Martyn
“Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections. Let these influencing powers actuate, by the permission or disposal of Providence, from selfish or social views, yet in time the mysterious will of Heaven is unfolded, and we behold our conduct, from whatever motives excited, operating to answer the important designs of heaven.” MenImportantSoulHeavenSocialNaturalAnswersInterestingViewsPowerfulInfluenceDesignObjectsCuriosityAffectionExcitedSelfishMysteriousMotiveProvidencePermission Author:Daniel Boone
“Scholars, who pride themselves on speaking their minds, often engage in a form of self-censorship which is called "realism." To be "realistic" in dealing with a problem is to work only among the alternatives which the most powerful in society put forth. It is as if we are all confined to a, b, c, or d in the multiple choice test, when we know there is another possible answer. American society, although it has more freedom of expression than most societies in the world, thus sets limits beyond which respectable people are not supposed to think or speak.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldMindSelfProblemFormChoicesSpeakAnswersPowerfulExpressionPrideLimitsTestsAlternativesMost PowerfulRealisticCensorshipScholarRealismMultipleConfinedRespectableFreedom Of ExpressionAmerican SocietyMultiple ChoiceSelf Censorship Book:The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy Source: The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
“High SQ demands the most intense personal integrity. It demands that we stand open to experience, that we recapture our ability to see life and others afresh, as though through the eyes of a child, to learn how to tap into our intuition and visualization, as a powerful means of using our inner knowing to “make a difference.” It demands that we cease to seek refuge in what we know and constantly explore and learn from what we do not know. It demands that we live the questions rather than the answers.” KnowsMeanChildrenEyeDifferencesAbilityAnswersPowerfulKnowingIntegrityDemandIntuitionCeaseIntenseMaking A DifferenceRefugeVisualizationThrough The EyesAbility To SeePersonal IntegrityEyes Of A ChildThrough The Eyes Of A Child Author:Danah Zohar
“To whom one reports is a unit of measure. It measures the exact distance between the player and the center of power. It is the closest we can get to a calibrated answer to the question 'How big am I?' More than the size of an executive's office or even his title, which no one remembers anyway, the fewer people between the player and a 'yes,' the more powerful he is.” PeopleBigsRememberAnswersPowerfulPowerPlayerOfficeHollywoodDistanceSizeTitlesReportsExecutivesFewerClosestUnits Author:Lynda Obst
“What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.” GodAnswersPleasureDealsPowerfulWiserOmnipotencePredestination Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.” WantLongProblemEasyAnswersPowerfulWorryRichConsequenceDoctorsSickMedicineProfessionCuresGeneral Public Author:Moliere
“Prayer is a supernal gift of our Father in Heaven to every soul. Think of it: the absolute Supreme Being, the most all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful personage, encourages you and me, as insignificant as we are, to converse with Him as our Father. Our supplication can be brief or can occupy all the time needed. It can be an extended expression of love and gratitude or an urgent plea for help. He has created numberless cosmos and populated them with worlds, yet you and I can talk with Him personally, and He will ever answer.” ThinkingWorldI CanSoulHelpingFatherHeavenPrayerAnswersPowerfulKnowingSeeingExpressionNeededGratitudeAbsolutesSupremeCosmosInsignificantUrgentOur FatherConversesSupreme BeingFather In HeavenLove And GratitudeSupplicationExpressions Of Love Author:Richard G. Scott
“Because depression is so thematically powerful and so dark, when it's very severe, it can make people feel not only as if they've lost a loving connection, but as if the whole world is devoid of love. So if we wonder how somebody could take 149 people with him when he commits suicide, one answer can be that depression, when it's most severe, can make people feel that life is completely without value, not just for them but for anyone.” PeopleIfsWorldLoveLifeFeelsWholeLife IsValuesLostDarkAnswersPowerfulWonderConnectionsSuicideWhole WorldCommitLove LifeSevereOne Love Author:Keith Ablow
“While testimonies can come as dramatic manifestations, they usually do not. Sometimes people think they need to have an experience like Joseph Smith's vision before they gain testimonies. If we have unrealistic expectations of how, when, or where answers come, we risk missing the answers which come as quiet, reassuring feelings and thoughts that most often come after our prayers, while we are doing something else. These answers can be equally convincing and powerful.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsSometimesFeelingsPrayerAnswersPowerfulVisionRiskMissingQuietExpectationsGainsManifestationDramaticTestimonyConvincingOur PrayersReassuringJoseph SmithUnrealistic Expectations Author:Allan F. Packer
“Creating a positive future begins in human conversation. The simplest and most powerful investment any member of a community or an organisation can make is to begin with other people as though the answers mattered.” PeopleHumansCommunityAnswersPowerfulConversationMembersCreatingInvestmentMost PowerfulSimplestOrganisationPositive Future Author:William Greider