Nonmystic Quotes

#1. The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the superficial praise of the "creative" is the desire to kill. It is the old war between the mystic and the nonmystic, a war to the death.

May Sarton

#2. Cracker Jacks don't count as junk food because they're corn and peanuts, which we know to be high in nutrition. And they have a prize inside.

Janet Evanovich

#3. Fasting of the body is food for the soul.

Saint John Chrysostom

#4. Fear--who cares?

Elizabeth Gilbert

#5. God is able to transform the hostile intentions of wicked people into blessings for His people.

Max Anders

#6. It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS.

Bruce Davison

#7. I'm an adventurer and I enjoy all types of things, and eating is a part of that. It's just too bad we have to watch what we eat.

Lynda Carter

#8. I'm not responsible enough to have a dog - or a child.

Boy George

#9. I don't really lie about anything, I have to be honest. I like to live with the truth.

Lisa Vanderpump

#10. No matter how capable we are, we need God every day, living in us and acting through us. We need his courage and his hope, his love and his companionship. We need his salvation. We can't live without God.

Philip Yancey

#11. Schools have ignored the value of experience and chosen to teach by pouring in.

John Dewey

#12. And what's wrong with dimming the harsh reality of life a little, anyway? In essence, being alive is a bloody long and hard walk to death. Why not make it as pleasant along the way as you can?

Lucinda Riley

#13. Accept what makes you happy and pay no attention to fearful beliefs no matter who they come from.

Raphael Zernoff