Russell Stannard quotes

“In talking of evolution, it is common to have in mind a tree.”
-- Russell Stannard

Source : Russell Stannard (2000). “The God Experiment: Can Science Prove the Existence of God?”, p.162, Paulist Press

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“Your assignment of confidence limits each of the evidences, which allows for building a cumulative case for God's existence.”
-- Russell Stannard

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“A completed book exists in its entirety, although we humans read it in a time sequence from the beginning to the end. Just as an author does not write the first chapter, and then leave the others to write themselves, So God's creativity is not to seem as uniquely confined to, or even especially invested in, the event of the Big Bang. Rather his creativity has been seen as permeating equally all space and all time: his role as Creator and Sustainer merge.”
-- Russell Stannard

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“There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.”

“All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.”

“Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this.”

“I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.”

“I guarantee that the seed you plant in love, not matter how small, will grow into a mighty tree of refuge. We all want a future for ourselves and we must now care enough to create, nurture and secure a future for our children.””

“It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.”

“Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life”, p.25, Shambhala Publications

“Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?”

“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them”

Source : A.J Cronin (1942). “the Keys of the Kingdom”

“A good roast of sun, it slows you, lets you relax–and out here if there's anything wrong, you can see it coming with bags of time to do what's next. This is the place and the weather for peace, for the cultivation of a friendly mind.”

Source : A. L. Kennedy (2007). “Day”, Random House