“If same-sex relationships are really sinful, then why do they so often produce good fruit-loving families, open homes, self-sacrifice, commitment, faithfulness, joy? And if conservative Christians are really right in their response to same-sex relationships, then why does that response often produce bad fruit-secrets, shame, depression, loneliness, broken families, and fear?” IfsDoeSelfHomeChristianJoySexSecretSacrificeLonelinessProduceBrokenCommitmentShameResponseFruitConservativeFaithfulnessSelf SacrificeLoving FamilySex RelationshipsBroken Family Author:Rachel Held Evans
“The great secret of social alchemy is to profit best from each stage in our lives, to gather all its leaves in spring, all its flowers in summer, and all its fruits in autumn.” SocialSecretOur LivesSocietyStageFlowerSummerSpringFruitProfitAutumnAlchemy Author:Honore de Balzac
“Only in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret, hiding God. The strength of resolve, which afterward shapes life, and mixes itself with action, is the fruit of those sacred, solitary moments. There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone.” DoeSoulMomentsActionSecretSilenceDivineShapesSacredFruitDepthResolveHidingSolitaryInwardSacredness Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series
“THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MAN'S SECRETS OF LONGEVITY 1. Don't run for a bus - there'll always be another. 2. Never, ever touch fried food. 3. Stay out of a Ferrari or any other small Italian car. 4. Eat fruit - a nectarine - even a rotten plum is good.” MenYearsRunningAgeSecretCarAgingFruitOld ManItalianBusLongevityRottenFerrariPlumsFried FoodNectarines Author:Mel Brooks
“War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. ... To move swiftly, strike vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory is the secret of successful war.” MeanWarMovingFightingSecretSuccessfulVictoryFruitSoldierStrikesSecureSecret To Success Author:Stonewall Jackson
“Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch, Till the white-wing'd reapers come.” GrowthWhiteSecretWatchesWingsCleanFruitNoiseDumbThriveBlessUnseenCleanlinessReaper Author:Francis Bacon
“Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his skin and the blood of his body and the life of his heart, and placing her in the hands of the fruit of his toil and the revenue of his diligence; for when he slowly wakes up, he finds that the heart that he endeavored to buy is given away freely and in sincerity to another man for the enjoyment of its hidden secrets and deepest love.” MenHeartBodyHandsGivenSecretWifeBloodFeetHe ManSkinsWake UpFruitMiserableEnjoymentSinceritySweatToilRevenueAnother ManDiligencePouringHidden SecretsDeepest Love Author:Khalil Gibran