Shalom! Rowland Croucher

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + My job as chairperson is to get as quickly as possible from the beginning to the end, and your job is to stop me

+ No one can call you a pig if you fall into a trough; but they can if all you do is lie there and grunt

+ There are some cancers that can begin, grow, and kill you in three days

+ Non-assertive women are more likely to persuade men; but assertive confident women are more likely to persuade women

+ Don't be afraid to take a big step if it is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps (David Lloyd George)

+ The person who has great peace of heart pays no attention to either praise or blame (Imitation of Christ). But (Mark Twain): 'I can live for two months on one good compliment'

+ God is very big and humans very small and don't you forget it

+ If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing (Kingsley Amis)

+ Game played in sick churches: don't tell 'em what's on and then blame them for not coming

+ Many people would sooner die than think - in fact they do (Bertrand Russell)

+ Symptoms of a collapsing society: Breakdown in law and order; excessive interest in eroticism; excessive need for excitement; complicated structures for taxation and administration; excessive and pervasive boredom (Muggeridge)

+ There are essentially three groups of religions: secular - bounded by birth and death; cyclical - if you're good enough you'll eventually become nothing; linear - eg. Christianity, with the climax of the cosmos in Christ

+ None deserves their reputation, whether good or bad

+ God specializes in making weak vessels strong: it's called psycho- ceramics

+ Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future

+ I've often regretted my words, but never my silences

+ Do I love you because you're beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you? (Joe Aldridge)