“Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.”
(from “The Love Of God” by Frederick Lehman)
“We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.”
(Jane Austen)
“All I really need to know
Is if you who live in eternity
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time
We can’t see what’s ahead
And we can not get free of what we’ve left behind
I’m reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears
All the words of shame and doubt, blame and regret
I can’t see how you’re leading me unless you’ve led me here
Where I’m lost enough to let myself be led
And so you’ve been here all along I guess
It’s just your ways and you are just plain hard to get”
(from the song “Hard To Get” by Rich Mullins)
“You have to ask yourself which ‘can’t’ wins. Is it ‘We can’t launch it like that because it’s not quite right’ or is it ‘We can’t spend any more time on this because if we do we can’t launch’? The outcomes of those two scenarios are night and day, yet they both sound like there are no alternatives. In this context, can’t kills priority which is why it’s an especially dangerous word.
And that’s the problem with using absolutes in debates. They can be healthy when a decision absolutely needs to be made, but they can also box you into corner by pitting two opposite absolutes against each other. Can’t squeezes out middle ground when there is usually middle ground to be reached.
Moral of the story: Be careful when attaching absolutes to your position.”
(Jason via the 37signals “Signal vs. Noise†blog)
“I thought Christmas Day would never come
But it’s here at last, so mom and dad, the waiting’s finally done
And you gotta get up, you gotta get up, you gotta get up
It’s Christmas morning”
(from the song “You Gotta Get Up” by Rich Mullins)
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
“Dear friend, He is not slow in keeping His promises
As some understand slowness to be
Keep a watch out, don’t lose faith, He said He would come for you
He’s gonna come for you, just wait and see”
(from the song “Dear Friend” by Charlie Peacock)
“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.”
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
“Father of lights, You delight in Your children
Father of lights, You never change, You have no turning
Every good and perfect gift comes from You
Every good and perfect gift comes from You
Father of lights”
(from the song “Father Of Lights” from Vineyard Music)
“If everyone exposed to a product likes it, the product will not succeed… The reason that a product “everyone likes” will fail is because no one “loves” it. The only thing that predicts success is passion, even if only 10% of the consumers have it.”
(from Scott Adams via the Dilbert blog)