We do like to have such good opinions of our own motives when we're about to do something harmful, to someone else. But as Mr. Erskine also pointed out, Eros with his bow and arrows is not the only blind god. Justitia is the other one. Clumsy blind gods with edged weapons: Justicia totes a sword, which, coupled with her blindfold, is a pretty good recipe for cutting yourself.
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Related What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me. CRAIG GROESCHEL Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person. JEFFREY FRY 23. With God, even when nothing is happening...something is happening. JAMES C. DOBSON Stick a shovel in the ground almost anywhere and some horrible thing or other will come to light. MARGARET ATWOOD She stubs out her cigarette in the brown glass ashtray, then settles herself against him, ear to his... MARGARET ATWOOD We casually laugh at things, but we do not realize how much a laugh contributes. We turn a blind eye... LASHAN DIA GRAY 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. She buys "mixed salad greens" for seven dollars a bag, triple-washed with who knows what. And to get... RUDOLPH DELSON Lambhood and tigerishness may be found in either gender, and in the same individual at different tim... MARGARET ATWOOD Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL Godliness with contentment is rare. CRAIG GROESCHEL Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do t... PAULO COELHO Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. PATRICK ROTHFUSS The ancestral voices were prophesying war because ancestral voices never shut up, and they hate to b... MARGARET ATWOOD Relationship are easy when times are good, BUT THE TRUE TEST IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN ( ONE IS BLIND AND ... DANISH AHMAD AFSAR ALI When you do a selfless act for someone else, you will be rewarded with good karma, which is god's hu... STEVEN ESPINOSA Within his stories there are textual references to blind storytellers, remember Homer (the Homers) m... SUSAN BLOIR Having been shown the possibility that God exists, the atheist has
chosen not to accept it. They hav... LEWIS N. ROE Be careful of relying on the opinion of others, these are the same people that like liver. NANETTE L. AVERY Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always... MADELEINE L'ENGLE Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you wan... MARGARET MITCHELL Cabel flicks his fingers at her, spraying her with water. Grinning. "Sure. I think I'm pretty lucky.... LISA MCMANN Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER The only problem with her is that she is too perfect. She is bad in a way that entices, and good in ... C. JOYBELL C. We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray wh... OSWALD CHAMBERS With this LP we were all very clear on the approach we wanted to take, which was to do something hea... PHIL ANSELMO On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfact... CRAIG GROESCHEL A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB we were not born the same, we are all not born with the same abilities and capabilities, but no matt... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH we were not born the same and we are all not born with the same abilities and capabilities, but no m... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH My weapon of choice is the nunchuck. I do like the bo as well, which I use, the staff. I'm not s... SCOTT ADKINS I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until yo... MARGARET ATWOOD Sympathy from strangers can be ruinous. MARGARET ATWOOD We'll choose knowledge no matter what, we'll maim ourselves in the process, we'll stick our hands in... MARGARET ATWOOD Anyone can learn how to communicate with animals if they are open to the process and willing to prac... KAREN A. ANDERSON Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with hi... DANIEL H. PINK He that will win his dame must do
As love does when he draws his bow;
With one hand thrust the... SAMUEL BUTLER (1) He may effect us directly by His Spirit, with the force of a thunderbolt, or He may choose to woo us... KENNETH L. PIKE Know that when you seek anything of your own, you will never find God, because you do not seek God p... MEISTER ECKHART There were ten lepers healed, and only one turned back to give thanks, but it is to be noticed that ... CLYDE FRANCIS LYTLE If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you ha... CRAIG GROESCHEL The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL We looked like we were lethargic out there. We shot 50 percent in the first half, and had 16 turnove... PHIL JACKSON The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK When a mute man sins, it's not with his tongue.
When a blind man sins, it's not with his eyes.
When ... KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of ... CHINUA ACHEBE Our feelings of separation from God will diminish as we become more childlike before Him. That is no... HENRY B. EYRING It is impossible to credit one gender with every good and perfect gift without slighting the other. ... JAMES C. DOBSON As to the myth about Fat Girls and certain abilities to achieve multiple...ummm...my only comment on... OWEN J. MCCLAIN His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING God is not so much of a concept which we think about with our mind, but God is a person that we enco... CHRISTOPHER WEST Each of us is like seed, planted by the Good Gardener so we might grow into something majestic. SETH ADAM SMITH The problem is one of attitude. What is it that an IT professional expects from somebody who is blin... CURTIS CHONG Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Evil, unlike good, is constantly at war with those most like itself, and ambition is its spur. JOHN CONNOLLY That eye which sees anything good in the creature is a blind eye; that eye which fancies it can disc... CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happi... OLYMPIA BROWN Regarding the need to pray, the anarch is again no different from anyone else. But he does not like ... ERNST JüNGER Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they ... JOHAN CRUYFF Sorry is not a medication; it is only an expected response. A response born out of sympathy with the... DANIEL TUCKER Why be an ostrich? MARGARET MITCHELL You are the most beautiful creature on this earth.", said the blind husband to his wife. PARUL AGRAWAL Love isn't blind, but love makes people blind. JEANBULATAO Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else; it's something you do for yourself. To forgive... JIM BEAVER Makosi is an adult who, like any other, should be allowed to make her own decisions as she did when ... MAKOSI MUSAMBASI In the religious life it is possible to commit an analogous error, and to prize so unwisely peaceful... ALEXANDER MACLAREN I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good c... DAKOTA FANNING God cuts out our path, makes a groove in the clay with His finger, and we poor blind ants slide down... MARIA MCCANN Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 Is a mediator between the eternal spiri... P. T. FORSYTH Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL TAKE A STAND RIGHT NOW! BECAUSE tomorrow IS THE ONLY DAY OF THE WEEK THAT NEVER COMES!! PHILIP T. M. His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and co... MAURICE ASHLEY A good golfer’s métier is his or her golfing skill. A great golfer’s métier is his ... LORII MYERS We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against pover... MICHIO KAKU I was disappointed with our effort in some matches, but the kids wrestled good enough for us to win.... BILL PLEIN A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind,... JOSEPH ADDISON Not only is he an actor, but Ken is such a good singer. When you have those sorts of talents, it is ... BO THORP Why did we become blind, I don't know, perhaps one day we'll find out, Do you want me to tell you wh... JOSé SARAMAGO Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO We are here to witness. There is nothing else to do with those mute materials we do not need. Until ... ANNIE DILLARD As participants in a mobile culture, our default is to move. God embraces our broken world, and I ha... JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE Most people think we depend on her [Harris], and we do, but we also have other good players. We can ... ASHLEY LLOYD With good reason, love's messengers, Eros and Kama, are armed with bows and long-distance arrows. No... DIANE WOLKSTEIN This is not just for Dunbar, but for anyone who wants to give us a recipe or two. We're going to hav... JOAN GRAZIANO Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through ... ANTHONY LICCIONE They are all hardworking and fun to be with. But a captain is only as good as his team and not the o... LEANDER PAES The kingdom of God is not our only inheritance. In His last will and testament, Jesus left His heirs... R.C. SPROUL
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MARGARET ATWOOD The young habitually mistake lust for love, they're infested with idealism of all kinds. MARGARET ATWOOD I'm not senile," I snapped. "If I burn the house down it will be on purpose. MARGARET ATWOOD She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy. MARGARET ATWOOD Why does the mind do such things? Turn on us, rend us, dig the claws in. If you get hungry enough, t... MARGARET ATWOOD Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert... MARGARET ATWOOD Home is where the heart is, I thought now, gathering myself together in Betty's Luncheonette. I had ... MARGARET ATWOOD Should is a futile word. It's about what didn't happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It... MARGARET ATWOOD What is it the I'll want from you? Not love: that would be too much to ask. Not forgiveness, which i... MARGARET ATWOOD There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything. MARGARET ATWOOD Women have curious ways of hurting someone else. They hurt themselves instead; or else they do it so... MARGARET ATWOOD Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the brig... MARGARET ATWOOD The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by ... MARGARET ATWOOD There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication. MARGARET ATWOOD The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one. MARGARET ATWOOD Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they're going to finish it. Secon... MARGARET ATWOOD Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. MARGARET ATWOOD We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy? MARGARET ATWOOD The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betr... MARGARET ATWOOD Put yourself in a different room, that's what the mind is for. MARGARET ATWOOD The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose MARGARET ATWOOD I think of this as a democratizing device. MARGARET ATWOOD I'm curious. If someone says 'Don't open that door', I'm right there! MARGARET ATWOOD The main thing is to keep yourself awake [on writing] MARGARET ATWOOD For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. MARGARET ATWOOD He's very in depth, on the dark side. He's interested in structure and how things work. After readin... MARGARET ATWOOD The Orange prize has been pivotal in the careers of many women writers - it's given them that extra ... MARGARET ATWOOD Just think of it as a very, very long pen. MARGARET ATWOOD Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked; as I never was when I was not one MARGARET ATWOOD This above all, to refuse to be a victim. MARGARET ATWOOD We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups. MARGARET ATWOOD A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. MARGARET ATWOOD Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are hum... MARGARET ATWOOD They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to MARGARET ATWOOD You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. MARGARET ATWOOD Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the Un... MARGARET ATWOOD Any death is stupid from the viewpoint of whoever is undergoing it, Adam One used to say, because no... MARGARET ATWOOD Also I could hear Amanda’s voice: Why are you being so weak? Love’s never a fair trade. So Jimmy... MARGARET ATWOOD I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices,... MARGARET ATWOOD Life is warped. I'm just in sync. MARGARET ATWOOD I thought everyone would be familiar with this figure: if I'd studied a thing in school I assumed it... MARGARET ATWOOD We were revisionists; what we revised was ourselves. MARGARET ATWOOD My parents are like younger, urchinlike brothers and sisters whose faces are dirty and who blurt out... MARGARET ATWOOD Now we come to forgiveness. Don't worry about forgiving me right now. There are more important thing... MARGARET ATWOOD Our heaven is their hell, said God. I like a balanced universe. MARGARET ATWOOD Human tool-makers always make tools that will help us get what we want, and what we want hasn't chan... MARGARET ATWOOD She doesn't think it's a good idea to know the future, because you can hardly ever change it, so why... MARGARET ATWOOD The possibility of injury or death was a strong attraction: as the online world became more and more... MARGARET ATWOOD My self is a thing that I must now compose...as one composes a speech. What I must present is a 'mad... 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