Thursday, October 22, 2009

Quotes submitted by my Facebook friends

"How strange to use 'You only live once' as an excuse to throw it away." ~Bill Copeland

"It did strike me that religious people have done amazing work to help the poor. But where are the atheists doing exactly the same thing?"~atheist Adrian Wooldridge

“It was the fear of man that caused Pilate’s name to become infamous in the history of the world and of the Church of God, and it will be infamous to all eternity. The fear of man led him to slay the Savior! Take care that it does not lead you to do something of the same kind.”~Charles Spurgeon

"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful, but I never read in either of them, 'Come to me, you who are weary and burdened, and you will find rest for your soul.'"~Augustine

Modern "Intellectual Thought"

One of the tragedies of modern "intellectual thought" is the minimizing or obliterating of distinctions. Man and woman, human and animal, God and human, good and evil--according to the philosophers and prophets of this age, the counterparts are becoming more and more like each other.