East Quotes - Page 7

From the empty grave of Jesus the enemies of the cross turn away in unconcealable dismay. Those whom the force of no logic can convince, and whose hearts are steeled against the appeal of almighty love from the cross itself, quail before the irresistible power of this simple fact. Christ has risen from the dead! After two thousand years of the most determined assault upon the evidence which demonstrates it, that fact stands. And so long as it stands Christianity, too, must stand as the one supernatural religion.

North was only a direction indicated by a compass--if a man had one, that is, for otherwise there was no north or south or east or west; there was only the brooding desolation.

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.

In Christ's resurrection, therefore, the Christian man sees the earnest and pledge of his own resurrection; and by it he is enheartened as he lays away the bodies of those dear to him, not sorrowing "as the rest that have no hope," but with hearts swelling with glad anticipations of the day when they shall rise to meet their Lord. "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will He bring with Him.

Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling

The chaotic situation in Libya is definitely creating a threat. Libya now connects the jihadists in Africa with those in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. This could have been avoided.

Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.

the place (Dogtown, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, fh) is forsaken and majestically lovely as if nature had at last formed one spot where she can live for herself alone.. (it) looked like a cross between Easter Island and Stonehenge - essentially druidic in it appearance, it gives the feeling that an ancient race might turn up at any moment and renew an ageless rite there.

Let us consider this settled, that no one has made progress in the school of Christ who does not joyfully await the day of death and final resurrection.

I think too many of my Republican friends are into perpetual warfare in the Middle East. And that scares the bejesus out of me.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

In the cross of Christ God is taking man dead-seriously so that he may open up for him the happy freedom of Easter. God takes upon himself the pain of negation and the God forsakenness of judgement to reconcile himself with his enemies and to give the godless fellowship with himself.

I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.

The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.

When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions.

Girl you are a beauty. Well, I am a beast. They must have been trippin to let me off the leash.

When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.

Mainiacs away from Maine are truly displaced persons, only half alive, only half aware of their immediate surroundings. Their inner attention is always preoccupied and pre-empted by the tiny pinpoint on the face of the globe called Down East. They try to live not in such a manner that they will eventually be welcomed into Paradise, but only so that someday they can go home to Maine.

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.

All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning.

The message of Easter is that God's new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you're now invited to belong to it.

I’m aware of my weaknesses and THE BEAST WITHIN.

There are times when I feel that he has withdrawn from me, and I have often given him cause, but Easter is always the answer to My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!

I use a lot of double meanings. I hide 'em like Easter eggs.