“Good disciplemaking requires both intentionality and relationality. It means being strategic and being social. Most of us are bent one way or… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“She’s not happy in her marriage. Not unhappy exactly, but not happy. He doesn’t want kids, so that’s nothing to look forward… — Phoef Sutton Copy Share Image
In the post-Soviet era, the most interesting work on the Stalinist period has been social history, far beyond the Kremlin walls -… — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
“But she was half in love with chaos... With all her yearning for the ordinary life, she was born to admire outsiders.… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
I think what is probably hard for people to imagine is how wrapped up the 17 years' work on Harry Potter is… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
The relaxation should not be a method. You should not relax through a Yoga posture. This very understanding is relaxing, this very… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Eventually you have to decide what to do with this desire. Do you tamp it down in yourself, or do you chase… — John Koenig Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who was meant to have a very ordinary life. I have no special talent, no great beauty,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“But imagine,” said Mars, “being a comet. I want you to imagine a divine force in someone that pushes them through the… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
To read great books does not mean one becomes ‘bookish’; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness.… — William Martin Copy Share Image
When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary,… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand. When your daily round becomes nothing more than… — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
“I was now well prepared to be a career criminal. I had the proper training and a natural feel for the business.… — Lorenzo Carcaterra Copy Share Image
in reading ... stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
“Many will argue that there is nothing remotely spiritual in combat. Consider this. Mystical or religious experiences have four common components: constant… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I think happiness is a choice. I believe luck is your attitude. It sounds like a really annoying bumper sticker. But there… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
