Quotes About Timshel

#1. The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin, and you can call sin ignorance. The King James translation makes a promise in 'Thou shalt,' meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It

John Steinbeck

#2. It set him free," said Lee. "It gave him the right to be a man, separate from every other man."
"That's lonely."
"All great and precious things are lonely."
"What is the word again?"
"Timshel - thou mayest.

John Steinbeck

#3. But the Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest' - it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.

John Steinbeck

#4. His whispered word seemed to hang in the air: "Timshel!" His eyes closed and he slept.

John Steinbeck

#5. Timshel - thou mayest

John Steinbeck

#6. anthropologists speak of ritual leadership and ritual space.

Elaine N. Aron

#7. But this - this is a ladder to climb to the stars." Lee's eyes shone. "You can never lose that. It cuts the feet from under weakness and cowardliness and laziness.

John Steinbeck

#8. The descent into Hades is much the same from whatever place we start.

Anaxagoras

#9. I auditioned for so many things - cops, lawyers, doctors and things but they were like, "She just seems too sweet. I don't see that hard side of her."

Christina Hendricks

#10. I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

Tracy Morgan

#11. What must occur is a greater recognition by investors of their individual responsibility.

Arthur Levitt

#12. I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. But I also believe that gay and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples, those who have been in long-term relationships, deserve to be treated respectfully, they deserve to have benefits.

Dick Cheney

#13. Uncle Vernon's face worked furiously. The idea of being taught consideration by a man who had just blasted away half his living-room wall seemed to be causing him intense suffering.

J.K. Rowling

#14. I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know? I mean, I didn't anticipate it.

Greg Boyle

#15. They're not mating are they?

Prince Philip

#16. God looks at the heart, and we shouldn't judge by appearance ... but we still live on the earth, and everyone here looks at the exterior, because only God sees the interior.

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

#17. I read to see myself in other people's lives.

Stephen Sondheim

#18. Tic Tacs are the maracas of breath mints.

Demetri Martin

#19. There are two ways to deal with the cold - put on a fur coat to be warm, or light a fire so that others can be warm, too.

Alter Wiener

#20. I love you still,
Against my will.

Sarah Kane

#21. I'd forced books on my kids from the day they were born and, as it turned out, it had been completely unnecessary because all of them liked to read. Or maybe they liked to read because I'd read aloud nearly every children's book in print.

Jeff Shelby