Myra > Myra's Quotes

“Perhaps loneliness had nothing to do with place or circumstance; perhaps it was in you; yourself. Perhaps, wherever you were, you took your little circle of loneliness with you...”
― Mary Stewart, Nine Coaches Waiting

“I suppose one gets to know men quickest by the things they take for granted.”
― Mary Stewart, My Brother Michael

“It gives you the impression of an escaped lunatic's conversation while chasing his hat on a windy day.”
― W.H. Lewis

“Could not but think, as I have often remarked to others, that much more of true religion consists in deep humility, brokenness of heart, and an abasing sense of barrenness and want of grace and holiness than most who are called Christians imagine”
― David Brainerd, The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

“Mention it to HR and get labeled as a troublemaker. Quit for greener pastures and learn that it doesn’t matter where you go. You’ll find the same situation everywhere.”
― Tom Threadgill, Winter's Fury

“Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
― Jim Elliot

“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!”
― Jim Elliot

“I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero