#ian

Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the world, encounters an element in the very heart of the secular readings of the world - Freudian psychoanalytic theory. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#danny #element #encounters #freudian #heart

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#around #been #behind #bit #certain

All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#any #authority #baptize #christian #churches

Hundreds of young barefoot, long-haired, newly converted believers flocked to the church, and they brought their guitars with them. ↗

— Robert J. Morgan

#christianity #inspirational #faith

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting. ↗

— Charley Pride

#come #courting #known #name #once

My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around. ↗

— Louis Prima

#band #because #brother #followed #his

Well, my musicians are my friends. ↗

— Prince

#musicians #well

The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all. ↗

— Protagoras

#advice #anyone #athenians #city #else

Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of suceeding at things in life that dont really matter. ↗

— Francis Chan

#church #life

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#freedom #inspirational #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-quotes #inspiring