Mazen Bushnag
https://www.goodreads.com/bushnag
“The humanity of what is called "sudden conversion" has never been insisted on as it deserves. . . . While growth is a slow and gradual process, the change from Death to Life, alike in the natural and spiritual spheres, is the work of the moment. Whatever the conscious hour of the second birth may be—in the case of an adult it is probably defined by the first real victory over sin—it is certain that on biological principles the real turning-point is literally a moment.”
― Beautiful Thoughts
― Beautiful Thoughts
“Few men know how to live. We grow up at random, carrying into mature life the merely animal methods and motives which we had as little children. And it does not occur to us that all this must be changed; that much of it must be reversed; that life is the finest of the Fine Arts; that it has to be learned with life-long patience, and that the years of our pilgrimage are all too short to master it triumphantly.”
― Beautiful Thoughts
― Beautiful Thoughts
“These lower correspondences are in their nature unfitted for an Eternal Life. Even if they were perfect in their relation to their Environment, they would still not be Eternal. However opposed, apparently, to the scientific definition of Eternal Life, it is yet true that perfect correspondence with Environment is not Eternal Life. . . . An Eternal Life demands an Eternal Environment.”
― Beautiful Thoughts
― Beautiful Thoughts
“We aspire to the top to look for Rest; it lies at the bottom. Water rests only when it gets to the lowest place. So do men.”
― Beautiful Thoughts
― Beautiful Thoughts
“In the spiritual world the subtle influences which form and transform the soul are Heredity and Environment. And here especially, where all is invisible, where much that we feel to be real is yet so ill-defined, it becomes of vital practical moment to clarify the atmosphere as far as possible with conceptions borrowed from the natural life.”
― Beautiful Thoughts
― Beautiful Thoughts
Historical Mystery Lovers
— 1583 members
— last activity 1 hour, 44 min ago
""Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot." ~Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Abbey Grange) This group is dedicated to the discussion and sharing ...more
Baker Street Irregulars
— 1351 members
— last activity Mar 19, 2026 09:10AM
Book club devoted to the great consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend and colleague Dr. John Watson. We choose, read and discuss a p ...more
English Mysteries Club
— 2917 members
— last activity Mar 24, 2026 09:27AM
Do you love mysteries written in the "English" style? Why not come and join us? We are an established group of mystery readers, which has just re-laun ...more
Agatha Christie Lovers
— 4039 members
— last activity Mar 23, 2026 09:14PM
We are reading her books from the first one published to the last one published each month. However, do not let that stop you from reading them out of ...more
The Agatha Christie Reading Group
— 448 members
— last activity Dec 19, 2023 05:12AM
Want an opportunity to use your "little gray cells"? Join us for monthly group reads and discussions! Feel free to talk. Anytime. About Christie. Yo ...more
Mazen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mazen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Mazen
Lists liked by Mazen























































