Doe Quotes - Page 71

Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we can have the best possible liturgy, but we have not worshiped the Lord until Spirit touches spirit.

True fragrance speaks for itself. It does not require to be pointed out by the bearer.

The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet.

The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no accommodations, or he is overlooked and otherwise slighted, so that he does not come again.

He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.

There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us.

What does jealousy indicate? Jealousy is love manifested in the physical world. If you are jealous you have a debt to pay; if someone is jealous of you, he has a debt to pay to you.

I want to do for you what the spring does for the cherry trees

Get to the end of yourself where you can do nothing, but where He does everything.

God is speaking to all of us, all the time. The question is not, to whom does God talk? The question is, who listens?

God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.

The secret of happiness is simply this... your happiness does NOT depend on getting what you want.

As human beings, why does it take somebody to feel like they're close to us for us to see their humanity? Why can't we see the humanity in people that are distant from us?

Mengistu does not understand the meaning of self-determination, either historically or in the abstract. He cannot conceive of a nation as anything but an absolute centralized authority, totalitarianism, for his rule is nothing less than that now.

It does not matter what happens when we have gone.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in a voice of affected mystery. “Really, Mabesie. You might want to reconsider—he is a bit of a killjoy.

The Bible does not contain the Word of God; It is the Word of God.

There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels.

(When asked what a director does) I help.

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.

There is no absolute truth that the guy sitting in the cave in the Himalayas is useless, because he is at that point in his journey where he has experienced everything in the world and does not have an attraction to it anymore.

When our people were fed out of the common store, and laboured jointly together, glad was he could slip from his labour, or slumber over his taske he cared not how, nay, the most honest among them would hardly take so much true paines in a weeke, as now for themselves they will doe in a day: neither cared they for the increase, presuming that howsoever the harvest prospered, the generall store must maintaine them, so that wee reaped not so much Corne from the labours of thirtie, as now three or foure doe provide for themselves.