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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Roma come before everything else.
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I always come here when I can't sleep every night.
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Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.
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Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
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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.
