Doe Quotes - Page 93

A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring.

A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.

It does not seem proper to speak of one attribute of God as being more central and fundamental than another; but if this were permissible, the Scriptural emphasis on the holiness of God would seem to justify its selection.

Once I found out the secret of the universe. I have forgotten what it was, but I know that the Creator does not take Creation seriously, for I remember that He sat in Space with all His work in front of Him and laughed.

When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial.

Whoever does not respect life, does not deserve it.

He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done.

An experience of God that costs nothing does nothing

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

Nobody actually ever does this—escaping through a window.

Grace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience.

How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.

Language does our thinking for us.

The story knows itself better than the writer does at some point, knows what's being said before the writer figures out how to say it.

Arturo Bandini: -What does happiness mean to you Camilla? Camilla: -That you can fall in love with whoever you want to, and not feel ashamed of it.

In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me.

Someone else's success does not equal a failure for you.

Acceptance is the universal currency of real friendship. . . .It does not warp or shape or wrench a person to be anything other than what they are.

The question before the United States is whether the magnitude of its power will eclipse the light by which it was founded, or whether it will use its power to serve greater light. Does it seek mastery to dominate or mastery to serve?

The market always does what it should do, but not always when

Love doesn't adhere to time and boundaries does it? It just is.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

You know my feelings: every day is a gift. It's just, does it have to be socks?

If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

God never gives us anything to do that He does not give us the strength to do.