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“I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.”

Ifs Persons Asks Church Levels Blood Fields Battle Wounds Heal Useless Hospitals Sugar Injured Cholesterol Blood Sugar High Cholesterol

Book:My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change

Source: My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change

“The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States will formally admit to residence and citizenship. It asks the same question as the old culture war: 'Who are we?' But the earlier query was primarily about how we define ourselves morally. The new question is about how we define ourselves ethnically, racially and linguistically. It is, in truth, one of the oldest questions in our history, going back to our earliest immigration battles of the 1840s and 1850s.”

War States Culture Asks United United States Groups Identity Battle Authority Immigration Citizenship Transcendent Residence National Identity Queries New Cultures Old Culture

Author:E. J. Dionne

“A life without an objective is much like a ship at sea with no port in mind. It drifts with the waves or storms, or with the whim of the captain. They are tempted to ask, amidst the battles of life, "Is the struggle worth-while?" That attitude lessens the joy of living. They who say that there is no purpose in life are not unhappy, but become dangerous to themselves and others, for they have no safe guide for their actions. Indeed, life has not objective save physical satisfactions, it is empty and valueless.”

“Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.”

Years Fighting Asks Kindness Greater Youth Battle Privilege Adolescence Mistaken Shields

Book:The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed

Source: The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed

“Marriage is a fierce battle before which the two partners ask heaven for its blessing, because loving each other is the most audacious of enterprises; the battle is not slow to start, and victory, that is to say freedom, goes to the cleverest.”

Love Two Asks Heaven Marriage Victory Battle Blessing Partners Enterprise Fierce Audacious

Author:Honore de Balzac

“I'm trying mostly to ask questions. And not just trying to stake out a position on something, but also trying to define the stuff we agree on. I'm having battles with comment posters trying to insert a little sense of order so it's not just a long pissing match between the edges, which is what I think a lot of the blogosphere is tending to do.”

Thinking Trying Littles Long Order Asks Stuff Position Battle Agree Edges Comment Stakes Posters Insert

Author:Andrew Revkin

“The word of the Lord is this: "Just bless those that persecute you and ask for Justice, for the battle does not belong to you but God. God is able to restore your credibility with man even when things seem like that could be impossible. Speak to the storm and release peace."”

Men Doe Seems Able Asks Speak Justice Lord Impossible Battle Storm Release Bless Credibility God Is Able

Author:Julia Loren

“But you also are facing an uphill battle if you are trying to be the first teacher who asks students to think in class and they are already 16 years old.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Years Firsts Asks Class Teacher Students Battle Uphill Battles

Author:Johnny Burnette

“Microsoft is in a court battle with the Department of Justice. The DOJ is saying, "We want information from your data center in Ireland. It's not about a US citizen, but we want it." Microsoft said, "OK, fine. Go to a judge in Ireland. Ask them for a warrant. We have a mutual legal-assistance treaty. They'll do it. Give that to us, and we'll provide the information to you in accordance with Irish laws."”

Want Giving Said Law Asks Justice Information Judging Fine Citizens Battle Court Data Department Mutual Ireland Assistance Microsoft Treaties Warrants Data Centers

Author:Edward Snowden

“The story wafts across the Atlantic, where it's picked up with glee by Catholic progressives and horror by some Catholic conservatives - and the battle of the blogs is on, full blast. No one bothers to ask whether there's any basis in fact for the assertion that this is going to be a "global-warming encyclical."”

Facts Stories Asks Horror Battle Bases Catholic Bother Global Warming Blogs Blast Assertion Glee

Author:George Weigel

“Why?' is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you 'What's the time?' or 'When was the battle of 1066?' or 'How do these seatbelts work that go tight when you slam the brakes on, Daddy?' The answers are easy and are, respectively, 'Seven-thirty in the evening,' 'Ten-fifteen in the morning,' and 'Don't ask stupid questions.”

Knows Asks Easy Difficult Answers Morning Stupid Battle Ten Seven Evening Thirty Where You Are Fifteen Daddy Slam Brake Stupid Questions Difficult Questions

Author:Douglas Adams

“All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.”

War Life Is Asks Fields Honor Battle

Book:MILA 18

Source: MILA 18

“After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a near fatal attack with a spatula (don't ask), they won the right to keep Sadie with them in England.”

Two Bigs Asks Parent Mom Dad Battle Six England Died Court Lawyer Grandparent Sadie Mom Died Spatulas

Book:The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid

Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid