Stance Quotes

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers

A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.

The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.

Where there is power, there is resistance.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful

I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times of warmth and does not change its leaves in times of cold: it continues unfading through the four seasons, becomes increasingly stable as it passes through ease and danger.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach; may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance. Don't leave me for a second, my dearest.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.

Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.

Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads. (from “Mysteries, Yes”)

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect

In EVERY situation and EVERY circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you cannot see and you do not know.

Where there is oppression, there will be resistance.

Every beautiful poem is an act of resistance.