“Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is standing or falling. By this he meant that when this doctrine is understood, believed, and preached, as it was in New-Testament times, the church stands in the grace of God and is alive; but where it is neglected, overlaid, or denied, ... the church falls from grace and its life drains away, leaving it in a state of darkness and death.” StatesFallChurchChristianityDarknessGraceAliveUnderstoodStandingLeavingDoctrineArticlesDeniedJustificationTestamentLutherGrace Of GodNeglectedNew TestamentDrainsJustification By FaithFalls From Grace Author:J. I. Packer
“It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.” FallCasesAliveCrowFlatterer Author:Antisthenes
“Has it ever occurred to you how lucky you are to be alive? More than 99 percent of all the creatures that have ever lived have died without progeny, but not a single one of your ancestors falls into that group! ... Not a single one of your ancestors, all the way back to the bacteria, succumbed to predation before reproducing, or lost out in the competition for a mate.” WayFallLostAliveGroupsAtheismLuckyCreaturesPercentDiedCompetitionPositive AtheismMatesAncestorBacteriaLucky YouProgenyReproducing Author:Daniel Dennett
“If Edgar Allan Poe were alive today, his agent would be constantly slapping him upside the head with tightly rolled copies of his brilliant short stories and novelettes, yelling, 'Full-length novels, you moron! Pay attention! What's the matter with you -- are you shooting heroin or something? Write for the market! No more of this midlength 'Fall of the House of Usher' crap” IfsWritingMatterStoriesWould BeTodayFallHousePayAttentionNovelAliveBrilliantAgentsPay AttentionShootingLengthCopiesShort StoryCrapYellingHeroinLive For TodayMoronSlappingAllan Poe Author:Dean Koontz
“They're always such alive females. And also, all those love stories - no man in Austen has ever fallen in love with a female heroine because she's pretty or beautiful or has long, blonde hair. They fall in love with them because of who they are, because of their vibrancy and their intelligence and if only we were teaching that a bit more in schools.” IfsMenLongStoriesSchoolBeautifulFallBitsAliveTeachingHairFemaleFalling In LoveLove StoryFallenBlondeHeroinesAustenBlonde HairVibrancyLong Blonde Hair Author:Anna Maxwell Martin
“After sex, men fear too much intimacy; they want to separate again. Women want to talk, to continue the merging, melting fusion into one. Postcoital conversations keep the woman's power alive. Through unconscious severance, by falling asleep, the man regains his self.” MenWantSelfFallSexToo MuchAliveHe ManConversationIntimacyUnconsciousMeltingWomen WantX MenFusionMergingFalling Asleep Author:Nancy Friday
“I love mysteries. To fall into a mystery and its danger ... everything becomes so intense in those moments. When most mysteries are solved, I feel tremendously let down. So I want things to feel solved up to a point, but there's got to be a certain percentage left over to keep the dream going. It's like at the end of Chinatown: The guy says, 'Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.' You understand it, but you don't understand it, and it keeps that mystery alive. That's the most beautiful thing.” WantFeelsEndsMomentsDreamBeautifulGuyCertainFallLeftForgetAliveMysteryDangerIntenseBeautiful ThingsPercentagesForget ItLet DownJakeChinatown Author:David Lynch
“Everything alive must die. Every building built to the sky will fall. Don't try to tell me my everlasting love is a lie.” TryingLyingDiesFallLove IsAliveSkyBuildingBuiltEverlastingLasting LoveEverlasting Love Author:Jeff Tweedy
“I do know that I fell in love with the moment of falling in love and I wanted to keep that moment alive forever, at the expense of all those moments to follow.” KnowsMomentsWantedFallForeverAliveFalling In LoveThat MomentExpensesLive Forever Author:Craig Clevenger
“The last song I recorded with [Hank Williams, Sr.] was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." I remember thinking, "Hoss, you're not just jivin'," because he was so weak that all he could do was sing a few lines and then just fall in the chair.” ThinkingWorldCountryLastsRememberSongFallLinesAliveThis WorldWeakChairsLast SongHank Williams Author:Chet Atkins
“Don't worry, even if you fall over! It's all right. You can just pick yourself up again! When you fall over, make the most of the chance to look up and see the sky. You will see the blue sky spreading endlessly above you and smiling down. Aya, you are alive!” IfsLooksFallChanceWorryAliveSkyPicksBlueLook UpOver ItBlue SkyPick Yourself Up Author:Aya Kito
“If you look up at the sky after falling down the blue sky is also today stretching limitlessly and smiles at me... I'm alive.” IfsLooksTodayFallAliveSkyBlueLook UpFalling DownStretchingBlue SkyI'm Alive Author:Aya Kito
“I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this is the end in and of itself - then you've been suckered in. Because those are the consolation prizes, if you're not careful, for selling yourself out, or letting the best of yourself slip away.” IfsGivingBelieveEndsDreamFallHouseAliveAchieveCarTvsCarefulSellingPrizeSlipsAmerican DreamConsumerismConsolationOverconsumptionConsolation PrizeSelling Yourself Author:Bruce Springsteen