Category Archives: Quotes

Get Out

“I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States’ presence in Afghanistan … I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why and to what end.”
-Matthew Hoh, a former Marine [...]

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Nonviolent Victory

“Better than a thousand hollow words
Is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow verses
Is one verse that brings peace.
It is better to conquer yourself
Than to win a thousand battles.
Then the victory is yours.”
Buddha in the Dhammapada

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Relational Theology

When you are painting you end up waiting for stuff to dry quite often. So what do I do to fill that time? I listen to Tripp Fuller and Chad Crawford and their stellar Homebrewed Christianity guest John Franke.
Oh, and because I’m a bit of a podcast geek, I transcribed a bit of what was [...]

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Impact

“If all the insects on earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on earth would disappear. If all humans disappeared within 50 years all species would flourish as never before.”
Jonas Sulk

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Evernote: Social Study

I’ve recently started to collect some quotes from my recent reading in Evernote. If you haven’t started using Evernote yet I fully recommend it. It’s incredibly versatile and has usefulness to the moon if you are a student. I’ve used it for taking and organizing class notes as well as keeping track of quotes and [...]

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