Life
“Life is too important to take seriously.” –Corky Siegel–

“How we spend our days is — of course — how we spend our lives.”
— Annie Dillard —

“It is more difficult to spend a day well than to write a book.”
— Ancient Polish Proverb —

Listening
“It takes a great man to make a good listener.” –Arthur Helps–

“It is a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear.” –Dick Cavett–

“The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.”
— Woodrow Wilson —

Listening (to God)
“I suspect that the difference between a person of seasoned prayer and one of smaller prayer experience is the amount of time they spend talking rather than listening.” Calvin Miller, Out of the Depths, 110

“Those whose prayers are unending monologues make themselves a giant mouth while making God a small ear. The best prayers are dialogues of rapport. Presence is being ‘with God.’ It is neither talking nor listening. It is abiding in the presence of God. Rapport treasures oneness so much it will not make of prayer two modes–one mode of talking and one of listening.” Calvin Miller, Out of the Depths, 110

Lost
“I’m in a phone booth at the corner of walk and don’t walk.” –anon.–

Love
“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.”
–G.K. Chesterton–

“The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love.”
— Henry Scougal —

Lying
“A lie travels around the world while Truth is putting on her boots.”
–Charles Spurgeon–

“I was not lying, I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.”
— Richard Nixon —