" ... newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and beauty and goodness are not determined by when t hey exist."

John Piper in don't waste your life p.19

"Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy."

- John Piper in don't waste your life p.10

"That is straight out of Gandhi. If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble. … If you fight with violence, you are fighting with your enemy’s best weapon, and you may be a brave but dead hero."

- Gene Sharp

Gene Sharp is a leading theoretician of nonviolence, whose writings inspired the student movement in Egypt, commenting on their discipline in remaining peaceful and their lack of fear.
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"Movies reflect the time. It's not so much that movies are ugly, it's the ugliness of the time that is reflected. To me that indicates what we have to pray for and pray about."

- Mother Dolores Hart

Now this nun has one cool story which includes snogging Elvis Presley and having a current annual vote for the Oscars. Check it out here.

"the key to everything rests in the ability to receive love."

- Julie in Blue Like Jazz p.226