Gerrit W. Gong Quotes
When we come to God’s great commandments to love Him and those around us by covenant, we do so not as stranger or guest but as His child at home.
Quotes to Explore
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I loved theatre and film when I was growing up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. My mum's a reflexologist and my dad's a corporate financier.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that, and I played a bit of guitar when I was younger and thought maybe I'd become a guitar teacher or something, but when I saw other kids doing it, I was like, 'Whoa, these are great bands! I can do it, too.'
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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The house that is built upon the sand will crumble at the first sign of a windstorm.
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I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.
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There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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That's the thing about marriage. It's a shell game we play with ourselves. We're the suckers and we have to lose, but we play anyway because we lie to ourselves that we can win.
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I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.
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One must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.
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I just have a vision of something, and it seems to go a long way. One thought goes a long way.
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History is philosophy teaching by experience.
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I'm from East Sheen, I went to public school where I learned Latin at the age of nine, and certain expectations were made of me to go to St Paul's, Oxbridge maybe, and all that kind of thing. And I failed systematically to meet the mark - who I am and what I should have been are two very different things.
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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants us to be miserable as he is. God gives us commandments to bless us. The devil would have us break these commandments to curse us.
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A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.
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Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had a great love for each other. I saw that when my father flew over from Los Angeles when he knew my mother was going to die.
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When we come to God’s great commandments to love Him and those around us by covenant, we do so not as stranger or guest but as His child at home.
