Basil Pennington Quotes

Martin Buber as described for basic virtues cultivated by the Hasidim to overcome the separation of the sacred and secular. . . . St. Benedict spoke of them as truly seeking God, zeal for a humble way of life, zeal for obedience, and zeal for the opus of God. Buber catalogues them as kavana (single-mindedness), shiflut (humility), avada (service), and hitlahavut (fire of ecstasy).

Basil Pennington

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• I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • God
  • Lord
  • Without

• If God wants to take my left arm, that's OK, as long as I can walk and play with my kids. I'm a lot improved. I was worse than this after the accident.

  

  Manute Bol
  • God
  • Long
  • Kids

• When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • God
  • Fear
  • You

• I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God.

  

  Ignatius of Antioch
  • God
  • Writing
  • Food

• Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • God
  • Believe
  • Important

• Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.

  

  Hans Christian Andersen
  • Life
  • God
  • inspirational

• Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • God
  • Important
  • Man

• Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.

  

  Saint Bernard
  • God
  • Men
  • Mind

• God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.

  

  Walter Martin
  • God
  • Faith
  • Exercise

• I've never felt the breath of God – you can take that statement literally or metaphorically – more than when I was yearning for a personal, intimate connection to something bigger than me.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • God
  • Connection
  • Intimate

• We felt the universe wuz safe, an' God wuz on his throne.

  

  Sam Walter Foss
  • God
  • Universe

• It was his father who had shrunk, who no longer had the power of the giant, of the god, to enfold him and keep him safe.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • God
  • Power
  • Father

• 'Are you sure,' she asked, 'that it is God whom you serve?' The Cardinal looked up, met her eyes and smiled very gently. 'That,' he said, 'that, Madame, is a risk which the artists and the priests of this world have to run!'

  

  Karen Blixen
  • World
  • God
  • Risk

• Sparrow: Oh my God. I'm a trained professional. I can't believe I didn't see it sooner! The mind games... the use of isolation... the accusations about being unfaithful... the obsessive keeping track... preventing the other person from getting a job... Stuart, we're in an abusive relationship with the Bush administration!

  

  Alison Bechdel
  • God
  • Believe
  • Mind

• Man’s true end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever. The source of this quotation (with 'chief' in place of 'true') is the Westminster Shorter Catechism, http://www.reformed.org/documents/wsc/index.html?_top=http://www.reformed.org/documents/WSC.html.

  

  Arnold J. Toynbee
  • God
  • True

• Well all week long I'm a real nobody,But I just punched out and its paycheck Friday,Weekends here, good God almighty,I'm going to get drunk and be somebody.

  

  Toby Keith
  • Good
  • God
  • Long

• No! The other thing, that God brought us together for a reason.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • God
  • Together

• A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

  

  Martin Gardner
  • Work
  • God

• I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

  

  LeBron James
  • Life
  • God

• Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.

  

  Banksy
  • World
  • Movie
  • Option

• Satan is not going to leave. The only way to get him out is to invite God in, and God is not welcome in my mother's house.

  

  Delores Phillips
  • God
  • House
  • Way

• No other agency is scrutinized like the police. Everything we do is in a goldfish bowl. We are not the most popular people in society. We do things like use deadly force; we're the bearers of bad news. We're not firefighters, who are viewed as heroic, helping people, with people loving them back. The police have a much more complex and demanding job.

  

  Raymond Kelly
  • Helping
  • Police
  • Heroic

• Martin Buber as described for basic virtues cultivated by the Hasidim to overcome the separation of the sacred and secular. . . . St. Benedict spoke of them as truly seeking God, zeal for a humble way of life, zeal for obedience, and zeal for the opus of God. Buber catalogues them as kavana (single-mindedness), shiflut (humility), avada (service), and hitlahavut (fire of ecstasy).

  

  Basil Pennington
  • God
  • Separation
  • Way Of Life