Mike Shiner: They called me for an interview. I told them the first thing that came into my head. The front cover of the art section for Christ's sake. Riggan: Fuck the art section!
Theosophy tries to bridge the gulf between Buddhism and Christianity by pointing to the fundamental spiritual truths on which both religions are built, and by winning people to regard the Buddha and the Christ as fellow-laborers, and not as rivals.
But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Because Christ doesn’t scream to get our attention, we have to find places and times that are quiet. We can look for Him throughout the day in a smile or the sunlight through a cloud. He’s there in a baby’s face—every time in a baby’s face.
Have you ever come out of a dramatic, chaotic situation and said, “I did everything I could, and it wasn’t enough?” That’s because “everything we can” isn’t enough. It’s only enough when our everything joins with Christ’s everything...
Lo, thou, my Love, art fair; Myself have made thee so; Yea, thou art fair indeed, Wherefore thou shalt not need In beauty to despair; For I accept thee so, For fair. [excerpt from "Christ to His Spouse"]
The proof of salvation is not listening to the Word, or having a quick emotional response to the Word, or even cultivating the Word so that it grows in a life. The proof of salvation is fruit, for as Christ said, “Ye shall know them by their fruits...
...Subordination of the state to Christian values is precisely what the early Puritans, even those in the tradition of the Mayflower Pilgrims, aimed to do. The First Amendment notwithstanding, large numbers of the American public (especially churchgo...
Where is God when it hurts? We know one answer because God came to earth and showed us. You need only follow Jesus around and note how he responded to the tragedies of his day: large-scale tragedies such as an act of government terrorism in the templ...
[Danny walks in on Derek and Stacey having sex] Danny Vinyard: [whispering] Der. Derek. Stacey: Jesus, Danny! Fuckin' perv. Derek Vinyard: Jesus, Danny. What the fuck are you thinking? Danny Vinyard: Derek, there's a black guy out there breaking into...
I'd forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.
Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.
The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
Art is about going a little nuts... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.
The man irritated her just like a rash.
