It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on Twitter
MadPriest on learning from your sins
It is far, far easier and less painful to learn from the sins of your past than it is to learn from the sins of your present.
Gather in by scattering
Do not lose by saving, but gather in by scattering. Give to the poor, and you give to yourself. You will not be allowed to keep what you have refused to give others.
King's most urgent question
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on Twitter
Tech support call
Customer: I have problems printing in red…
Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
Customer: Aaaah……………… thank you.
Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
Customer: Aaaah……………… thank you.
Source: funnymos.com
Sign in a hotel in Japan
Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read notice.
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
Truman on Moses' poll
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
- Harry S. Truman
as quoted on Child of Illusion
as quoted on Child of Illusion
To hesitate to tell the truth
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life flow no longer in our souls.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890,
as quoted on God's Politics
speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890,
as quoted on God's Politics
John Paul II on the responsibility for war
The responsibility for war rests not only with those who directly cause war, but also with those who do not do everything in their power to prevent it.
- Pope John Paul II
in Catholic Relief Services: the Beginning Years by Eileen Egan
(NY: Catholic Relief Services, 1988), pp. 155-156
as quoted on God's Politics
in Catholic Relief Services: the Beginning Years by Eileen Egan
(NY: Catholic Relief Services, 1988), pp. 155-156
as quoted on God's Politics
Lincoln on peace
Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
King on what we will remember
We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on Twitter
The nun and the cabbie
A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring. He replies: "I have a question to ask, but I don't want to offend you."
She answers, " My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive."
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me."
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic."
The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!"
"OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley."
The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.
But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
"My dear child," said the nun, "Why are you crying?"
"Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess; I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party."
She asks him why he is staring. He replies: "I have a question to ask, but I don't want to offend you."
She answers, " My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive."
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me."
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic."
The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!"
"OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley."
The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.
But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
"My dear child," said the nun, "Why are you crying?"
"Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess; I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party."
Thanks to Mrs. Karl!
To change and to risk
To change is to risk something. That makes us insecure.
Not to change is the bigger risk, but it seldom feels that way.
Not to change is the bigger risk, but it seldom feels that way.
- Waterman
as quoted on Facebook
The blonde and the Christmas stamps
A blonde goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Christmas cards. She says to the clerk: "May I have fifty Christmas stamps?"
The clerk asks: "What denomination?"
She answers: "God help us! Has it come to this? Give me 22 Catholic, 12 Presbyterian, 10 Lutheran and 6 Baptist."
The clerk asks: "What denomination?"
She answers: "God help us! Has it come to this? Give me 22 Catholic, 12 Presbyterian, 10 Lutheran and 6 Baptist."
Thanks to MadPriest!
Peace, justice, and truth
Peace is the experience of justice, and you can't have justice without truth.
Tech support call
Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can’t print. Every time I try, it says ‘Can’t find printer’. I’ve even lifted the printer and placed it in front of the monitor, but the computer still says he can’t find it…
King on hate
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on God's Politics
as quoted on God's Politics
The source of power
Power understood as the ability to accomplish desired ends is present in human relationships no matter how particular communities or societies are organized. Nevertheless, Christian communities recognize that the source of power in their life is the love of Christ which inspires and directs them. This is a style of power not of coercion but of empowerment of others.... It also connects to those at the margins of society who search for word of God’s love and justice.
Hill on judging another person
No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.
Darwin on adapting to change
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
- Charles Darwin
as quoted on Child of Illusion
You know that your dog has trained you well when ...
... you sit on the floor if the dog got in the chair first.
From Of Course I Could Be On Vacation ... with my thanks!
King on an appalling silence
History will record that the greatest tragedy of social transition was not the clamor of bad people, but the appalling silence of the good.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on Twitter
You know that your dog has trained you well when ...
... you talk to your dog when you are driving. He answers.
From Of Course I Could Be On Vacation ... with my thanks!
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