Amitai Etzioni Quotes
It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.
Quotes to Explore
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Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
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Citizenship and ethnicity can become, in certain contexts, restrictive, and perhaps that's one reason I was interested in people who feel compelled to mask their origins and thereby circumvent the restrictions.
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On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on the run, it'll turn into a walk.
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History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future.
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And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.
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Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears.
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Do not say the land ahead does not exist, simply because you cannot see it.
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Only where there are graves are there resurrections.
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In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.
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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't, then he is not God and we need not worry.
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Give other Christians permission to be different from you. You're not the only Christ-follower in the world, and neither are you the most committed. Your way of loving Jesus is neither the only way for the best. If you don't know that, your Christian world is way too small.
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In my house, a hot dog is a dog that's really hot.
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Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that's happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.
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Rome is burning, Jesus says. Drop your fiddle, change your life and come to Me. Let go of the good days that never were - a regimented church you never attended, traditional virtues you never practiced, legalistic obedience you never honored, and a sterile orthodoxy you never accepted. The old era is done. The decisive inbreak of God has happened.
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It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.
