Brian D. McLaren Quotes
Who do we think we are — we small creatures with three-pound brains, a few limited senses, and life spans barely long enough to get to know our neighborhood, much less the planet, and much less the galaxy, and much less the universe, and much less still its creator! Who do we think we are to be able to define or even describe the creator of DNA, galaxies, dust mites, blue whales, the carbon cycle, light, and a billion other realities we have no notion about whatsoever, no awareness of at all?
Brian D. McLaren
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They say Mars absolves the warrior from the crimes of war, but those who were not the warriors, those for whom the war was said to be fought, even though they never wanted it to be fought, who absolves them?
Ursula K. Le Guin
She gave the lie to the European superstition - chiefly a missionary superstition - that the women of the East are downtrodden.
Anthony Burgess
People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
Desmond Tutu
When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
Chilon of Sparta
When I came to the industry in 2005, I didn't make a plan for when I would get married. I just went with the flow.
Anushka Shetty
I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.
Marshall McLuhan
I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.
Lucinda Williams
Life has an interesting way of teaching even the most powerful people that joy from wealth is fleeting at best.
Anand Mahindra
I'm someone very comfortable airing out the stories of my own life. Some people call it narcissism, but for me, the intention is that it will positively affect other people.
Leandra Medine
I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
Taylor Swift
Now the fair goddess, Fortune,
Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms
Misguide thy opposers' swords!
William Shakespeare
Who do we think we are — we small creatures with three-pound brains, a few limited senses, and life spans barely long enough to get to know our neighborhood, much less the planet, and much less the galaxy, and much less the universe, and much less still its creator! Who do we think we are to be able to define or even describe the creator of DNA, galaxies, dust mites, blue whales, the carbon cycle, light, and a billion other realities we have no notion about whatsoever, no awareness of at all?
Brian D. McLaren