The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.
Live life fully in the present & enjoy the small things in life that give you joy, for the seemingly small & insignificant moments add up to a greater whole.
One of the most important things a man must bear in mind is this very thing - that he owes his fellow a transforming encounter.
It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.
This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.
People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
Confidence, knowing for certain that the person making the call has your safety foremost in their mind. And knowing that the job you are about to take on is the right thing to do, that it makes sense.
I don't know the perfect thing to say when a person is hurting but I do know the last thing they want to hear are reasons they shouldn't be hurting.
I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things.
Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.
Sometimes being hotheaded and doing it your own way and walking out on all the hot shit might be the right thing to do.
I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases.....
And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation.
I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.
I'm a mother, I'm a journalist, I'm an American; I'm all of those things, and it really complicates your job when you have all these things come into play.
I don't think I'm as bad as I'm made out to be. I did things in Philadelphia, but I don't have any intention of doing those things in St. Louis.
Each day we hold things in our heart, sometimes these things are heavy. Carrying God's grace with us each and every day lightens life's load.
I've directed things that other people have written before, and I've written things and given them to other directors. So I'm very versatile in terms of that, and I enjoy all of it.
There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.
It is a sweet thing to have a husband love you, but it is a far sweeter thing when his actions convince your heart, and his words persuade your soul.
