“Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.” CountryChristianSidesBirthDareChristmasSecularFestivalsBlasphemy Book:Letter from America, 1946-2004 Source: Letter from America, 1946-2004
“The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center.” GivingUseEvilSidesProduceMastersBirthCapableEmptySaintGood And EvilSinnerTaoTao ChingSaints And Sinners Author:Laozi
“Not only were the Jews expecting the birth of a Great King, a Wise Man and a Saviour, but Plato and Socrates also spoke of the Logos and of the Universal Wise Man 'yet to come'. Confucius spoke of 'the Saint'; the Sibyls, of a 'Universal King'; the Greek dramatist, of a saviour and redeemer to unloose man from the 'primal eldest curse'. All these were on the Gentile side of the expectation. What separates Christ from all men is that first He was expected; even the Gentiles had a longing for a deliverer, or redeemer. This fact alone distinguishes Him from all other religious leaders.” MenFirstsFactsSidesChristReligiousLeaderWiseBirthKingsExpectationsUniversalLongingSaintJewExpectedGreekCurseSpokesExpectingPlatoSaviourPrimalRedeemerLogosGentilesReligious LeadersEldestPlato And Socrates Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“I know that my companions from the moment of birth were heaven's choicest souls. I grew side by side with them, in fact all the education and inspiration came over them.” KnowsSoulMomentsFactsInspirationHeavenSidesGrewBirthCompanion Author:Victoria Woodhull
“The New Birth church is a church unto itself who has a board and it has a membership. How they choose to handle their leadership issues it's not something that we can control regardless of which side you stay on that issue. It is their church issue and their responsibility and their response. And I'm saying what I always said that we should just keep on praying for the New Birth church family.” ShouldSaidSidesChurchResponsibilityIssuesPrayingBirthResponseHandleBoardsMembership Author:T. D. Jakes
“The film [Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth] opens with an Albanian blood feud and goes on to delve into, for instance, prison systems, underpaid tomato pickers, the gulf oil spill. It's all woven together in a sensuous, oblique way that's not the same as the single-message kind of documentary we're used to, with an "answer" at the end. It's more like an exploration. Sort of like what you do with Birth of a Nation.” WayKindEndsTogetherFilmUsedNationsSidesWealthAnswersBloodGoes OnBirthMessagesShadowPrisonDebtOilInstanceExplorationDocumentariesWovenSpillsTomatoesSensuousPaybackFeudsOil SpillUnderpaidAlbanianPrison SystemShadow Side Author:Margaret Atwood
“Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.” LifeDeathSidesNatureTreeBirthGardenLife And DeathInsightfulLeafsBirth LifeDry LeavesBirth Life And Death Book:Sula Source: Sula
“From the moment of my birth, the angels of anxiety, worry, and death stood at my side, followed me out when I played, followed me in the sun of springtime and in the glories of summer. They stood at my side in the evening when I closed my eyes, and intimidated me with death, hell, and eternal damnation.” MomentsEyeSidesWorrySunHellBirthAnxietyEternalSummerGloryAngelEveningSpringtimeIntimidatedDamnation Author:Edvard Munch