Scrapings From An Unwashed Quotes

#1. Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing.

Matsuo Basho

#2. What is afraid?' asked Peter longingly. He thought it must be some splendid thing. 'I do wish you would teach me how to be afraid, Maimie,' he said.

J.M. Barrie

#3. Fear overrides all rational thinking

Greg Secker

#4. Kingdom praying and its efficacy is entirely a matter of the innermost heart's being totally open and honest before God. It is a matter of what we are saying with our whole being, moving with resolute intent and clarity of mind into the flow of God's action.

Dallas Willard

#5. Let's only care about the place where we are.
There's beauty enough in being here and not anywhere else.
If there's someone beyond the curve in the road,
Let them worry about what's past the curve in the road,
That's what the road is to them.

Alberto Caeiro

#6. Still, let us not disarm, even in unsatisfactory times. Social injustice still needs to be denounced and fought. The world will not get better on its own.

Eric Hobsbawm

#7. The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home.

Harold B. Lee

#8. Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.

Zora Neale Hurston

#9. Some morning, get up and allow the power of God to come on you, and allow Him to bless you.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#10. Well, we had our shot. And we werent handling our inheritance very well. I bet if we could somehow go back and interview the dinosaurs before the asteroid struck..

Rick Yancey

#11. The despairing soul is a rebel.

Joyce Carol Oates

#12. I grew up with 'Star Wars' and was a massive fan of the original films.

Andy Serkis

#13. There's a pure and simple business case for diversity: Companies that are more diverse are more successful.

Mindy Grossman

#14. For the beginner, practice without effort is not true practice.

Shunryu Suzuki