Myddleton House Quotes

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

Kevin DeYoung

#2. Verily, I say unto thee, many are the adepts that have looked upon the back parts of my father, and cried, our eyes fail before the glory of thy countenance.

Aleister Crowley

#3. Dreams don't often come true, do they? Wouldn't it be nice if they did?

L.M. Montgomery

#4. No, I won't abandon hate. If I did, then nothing would be left of me.

Yana Toboso

#5. Starting your day with anger is like locking yourself in jail. The outside world is enjoying life, while you're locked in your own frustration.

Ron Baratono

#6. The world was horrible. But life continued. What is more, life's usual proportions stayed the same. The ratio of good and evil, grief and happiness, remained unchanged.

Sergei Dovlatov

#7. Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.

Ambrose Bierce

#8. Love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18)

J.Z. Touitou

#9. I would advise anyone who is at the start of a rest ritual like the Sabbath, to take it slowly and grow incrementally into it. Recognize that it will be hard at first. It's a discipline but then it is a true and deep joy.

Erica Brown

#10. A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.

Mary Kay Blakely

#11. You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

Annie Proulx

#12. I'm cold as a razor blade, inches from madness.

Elton John