Quotes on Thought Provoking

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.

A disciple is a disciple maker.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!

Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

I keep six honest serving men.

The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings.

If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women. And imagine the future if surgical teams were at the service of the midwives and the women instead of controlling them.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

May each of you live lives of immersion. They won't necessarily be easy lives. But in the end, it is all that will sustain us.

When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without (hu)man(ity).

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.