#line

The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull inward; to give when we want to take; to love when we are inclined to hate; to include when are tempted to exclude. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#christianity #come #down #exclude #give

The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many believers, may help open the way for a more theologically serious religious life. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#believers #calmer #christian #creates #decline

No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology. ↗

— George H. Mead

#drawn #individual #line #psychology #sharp

I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#days #everything #forget #i #lines

It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#catholic #catholic guilt #crowded #cut #get

We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people - and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#due #freaks #i #interviewed #leery

Know, thou, that the lines that live are turned out of a furrowed brow. ↗

— Herman Melville

#know #lines #live #out #thou

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#about #basic #bore #endless #existence

You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally from verbal disputes. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#among #derive #disputes #explain #how

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#being #between #call #fine #fine line