#hr

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#beloved #christianity #clergy #country #degree

It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#believe #christ #christians #easy #established

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#came #going #his #jesus #name

When I finished the role of Christ, I felt as though I'd been let out on parole. A man who has served 18 months isn't eager to go back to prison. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#been #christ #eager #felt #finished

There are only about three really, really good sitcoms on the air. ↗

— Sharon Gless

#air #good #only #really #sitcoms

When I was young I had a moment of believing in the Communist doctrine. I wanted to save the world through Communism. Quite soon I understood that it doesn't work, but I've never pretended it didn't happen to me. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#communism #communist #doctrine #had #happen

The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#confirmed #history #liberate #only #oppressed

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#become #come #dark #door #go

The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#born #developed #field #geniuses #grasses

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#compromise #conciliation #fair #iraq #just