Lemn Sissay Quotes
My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that had decided it for them.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
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My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.
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What people love about Santorum is he is who is he. He speaks his words. He loves God. He loves his country, and he loves gays.
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I've seen myself on those lists of the 100 best guitarists, and if they think that I'm that good, thank them. Thank God for them. But I don't think so.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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There's a picture there that people realize that, we stop helping Israel, we lose God's hand, and we're in big time trouble.
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One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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I'm not a divorce monger by any means, but if you're not happy in a relationship, and you've grown apart, it's not healthy for a couple to stay together. It's better for kids to see two happy parents than two miserable parents.
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We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
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My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.
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That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.
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I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.
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There's a store in my neighborhood called Futon World. I like that name, 'Futon World.' Makes me think of a magical place that gets less and less comfortable over time.
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It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
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My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around.
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My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that had decided it for them.
