"The only thing to fear is fearful elves." - unknown

“There are far too many people who settle for practicing a sterile religion rather than enjoying a growing, vibrant, personal relationship with the living God. God is not a concept or a doctrine. He is a Person who seeks a close, one-on-one relationship with you and me. God does not want us to merely believe in Him, He wants to relate to us on a personal level. He does not just want to hear us recite prayers. He wants to converse with us. God’s plan is not to abandon Christians once we are born again, leaving us to build the best life we can. He does not intend that we simply use our wits to ‘get by,’ to bravely ‘survive’ until we are finally ushered into heaven. God wants to be actively involved in our lives each day.” -- Henry Blackaby, in Experiencing God

A Michigander, re: getting a tan on a spring break trip: “I was able to work my way up from translucent to pale.”

Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann: 'We never talk about the future. The point is, we sell emotions. If we talk about what might happen, they might wait. And that’s not good.'

“There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation.” - President James Madison

"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." - G. K. Chesterton, from Everlasting Man, 1925

“I sometimes hear old people, including Christian people who should know better, say, ‘I don’t want to be a burden to anyone else. I’m happy to carry on living so long as I can look after myself, but as soon as I become a burden I would rather die.’ But this is wrong. We are all designed to be a burden to others. You are designed to be a burden to me and I am designed to be a burden to you. And the life of the family, including the life of the local church family, should be one of ‘mutual burdensomeness.’ ‘Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ’ (Galatians 6:2).” - John Stott