February 2010
15 posts
January 2010
26 posts
“how about my heart?” asked the Tin Woodman.
“why, as for that,” answered Oz, “i think you are wrong to want a heart. it makes most people unhappy. if you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.”
“that must be a matter of opinion,” said the Tin Woodman. “for my part, i will bear all the unhappiness without a murmur, if you will...
it’s interesting how one small good thing can make your bad day good, and one small bad thing can ruin your good day. and tomorrow is just another day…
for just as the body does not consist of one member but of many. if the foot should say, “because i am not a hand, i do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. and if the ear should say, “because i am not an eye, i do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. if the whole body were an eye, where would...
“i’m trying to find the words to describe this girl, and that word is...”
– lil cousin fran.
Life of Pi
“…Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.”
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
4th book finished this winter break :D
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“lifes better with company. everyone needs a co-pilot.”
– up in the air
but he said to me, “my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, THEN I AM STRONG.
- 2 corinthians 12.9-10
“being a virgin in this day and age is something to be proud of. you’re like a unicorn.”
- community, nbc
thought this was a hilarious quote. unicorns are cool hahaha
a new heart i will give you, and a new spirit i will put within you; and i will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- ezekial 36:26
“And, as is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a favor, when in fact I was being given one.”
-Mitch Albom, have a little faith
just finished reading this book. definitely a good one, and fast read as most books i’ve read this winter break. and the fact that its a true story makes it even better. i recommend.
“i walked a mile with Pleasure;
she chatted all the way;
but left me none the...”
– Robert Browning Hamilton
love this song, and haven’t heard in a while...
love must be sincere.
-romans 12.9
im going to try and do something like this. so... →
“have i not commanded you? be strong and of good courage; be not frightened,...”
– joshua 1:9
“if we continue, we take the risk. if we don’t, we lose everything.”
– fr. culver’s homily 01/03/10
do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. let each of you look not only to his own interest, but also to the interests of others. have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, being born in the likeness of men. And being...