“He lifts her breasts, which fit perfectly into his hands, though he knows this is no promise that he gets to keep them. A million things you can't have will fit in a human hand.” KnowsHumansHandsMillionsFitPromiseLiftsBreastsHuman Hands Book:Pigs in Heaven Source: Pigs in Heaven
“Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these concerns inflicts unnecessary and appalling suffering on innocent human beings. This explains why Christians like yourself expend more "moral" energy opposing abortion than fighting genocide. It explains why you are more concerned about human embryos than about the lifesaving promise of stem-cell research. And it explains why you can preach against condom use in sub-Saharan Africa while millions die from AIDS there each year. (25)” PeopleYearsHumansUseChristianSufferingDiesFightingEnergyHuman BeingsMoralMillionsImaginePromiseResearchConcernConcernedAidsInnocentCellsAbortionGenocideImagine ThatUnnecessaryStemImmoralOpposingCondomStem CellLike YourselfEmbryosStem Cell ResearchSub Saharan AfricaCondom Use Book:Letter to a Christian Nation Source: Letter to a Christian Nation
“[Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weaknesses he gives us strength and and imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity." (Dallas Willard in Ruthless Trust - Brennan Manning)” GivingHumansStillsMatterJesusHuman BeingsQualityPromiseOrdinaryWeaknessEternityWholenessCompanionshipSurroundingsRuthlessCopingImpartOrdinary LifeDallas Author:Brennan Manning
“It was the kind of promise a father makes easily and sincerely, knowing at the same time that it will be impossible to keep. The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart. A game of baseball can't really make a summer day last forever. A home run can't really heal all the broken places in our world, or in a single human heart. And there was no way that Mr. Feld could keep his promise never to leave Ethan again. All parents leave their children one day.” WorldWayBelieveHumansHeartKindChildrenImportantHomeRunningLastsFatherGamesParentForeverKnowingImpossibleBrokenPromiseOne DaySummerBaseballHealOur WorldHuman HeartSincerelyHome RunSummer Days Book:Summerland Source: Summerland
“The rains would end, and when they did, Ian and I would be together, partners in the truest sense. This was a promise and an obligation I had never had in all my lives. Thinking of it made me feel joyful and anxious and shy and desperately impatient all at the same time—made me feel human.” ThinkingFeelsHumansMadeEndsWould BeTogetherPromiseRainPartnersObligationShyAnxiousJoyfulImpatientTruest Author:Stephenie Meyer
“We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully responsible for ourselves. Whether we realize its possibilities depends on all kinds of things — and above all on ourselves.” HumansKindFormPoliticalRealizingFreedomPossibilityDependsPromiseResponsibleAll KindsCoexistencePolitical Freedom Book:All Life is Problem Solving Source: All Life is Problem Solving