#iona

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#err #get #go #gut #honest

There is no power like that of prevailing prayer - of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat and blood. Add to this list from the records of the church your personal observation and experience, and always there is cost of passion unto blood. Such prayer prevails. It turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God. ↗

— Samuel Chadwick

#experience

Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness... Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? ↗

— T.S. Eliot

#experience

Cemeteries are full of unfulfilled dreams... countless echoes of 'could have' and 'should have'… countless books unwritten… countless songs unsung... I want to live my life in such a way that when my body is laid to rest, it will be a well needed rest from a life well lived, a song well sung, a book well written, opportunities well explored, and a love well expressed. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#books #cemetery #dreams #echoes #goals

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #control #judicial #judicial activism #marriage

Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International Red Cross. ↗

— Michael Isikoff

#after #been #complaints #cross #detainees

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that you love. To think people actually give you money for it! ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#actually #been #doing #earn #give

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#failed #governments #indigenous #indigenous people #latin

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#assault #away #bush #civil #civil liberties

Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#been #brutal #come #committing #community