“I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to attain a professorship and a good life, but I live. And that gives me the tremendous feeling of happiness, as if one would hear music. One feels uprooted, because one asks, what lies ahead, what decisions should I make-but more alive, happier than those anchored in life. To drift with released anchor.” IfsGivingFeelsShouldBelieveFeelingsWould BeLyingValuesAsksJesusI BelieveGoalDecisionChristianityAliveGive MeGood LifeShould IAnchorsProfessorship Author:Albert Schweitzer
“I pray the gods will give me some relief and end this weary job. One long full year I've been lying here, on this rooftop, the palace of the sons of Atreus, resting on my arms, just like a dog. I've come to know the night sky, every star, the powers we see glittering in the sky, bringing winter and summer to us all, as the constellations rise and sink.” KnowsGivingLongEndsJobsLyingNightStarsSkyDogSonArmsPrayingSummerGive MeWinterGods WillWearyPalacesI PrayConstellationsNight SkyRooftopsLying Here Author:Aeschylus
“For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a stage I was pushed, With my sorrow well rehearsed. So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it).” GivingWellsEyeLyingSongStageSorrowGive MeCarefulPityCards Author:Conor Oberst
“Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.” GivingDoeLyingCircumstancesFindingsGive MeFinding God Author:John Ortberg
“I am not afraid of the priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries, of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering, without being able to give me one moment of pain.” GivingMomentsAblePainLyingAtheismGive MeVariousPositive AtheismPriestsNot AfraidPiousBatteriesWhiningHypocritical Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1808-1816 Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1808-1816