Quotes About Dependence

For heaven's eternal wisdom has decreed, That man of man should ever stand in need.

Do we not realize that the basic condition for a spiritual walk is to fear our self and its wisdom and to rely absolutely upon the Spirit?

the idea of supernatural being may rouse to a certain extent the power of action in man, But it also brings spiritual decay. It brings dependence; it brings fear; it brings superstition . It degenerates into a horrible belief in the natural weakness of man.there is no supernatural, says the Yogi, but there are in nature gross manifestations and subtle manifestations.

Eso simplemente demuestra que usted puede abandonar a un superjefe, pero el superjefe nunca lo abandonará a usted.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.

He was my drug, and I had no desire to kick the habit.

No matter how hard you might try, you can't escape the spiritual bond between you and your Maker. You can't drink it away. You can't smoke it away. You can't sex it away.

We are to work to improve ourselves while at the same time remaining totally dependent on God.

Sko?czy?y si? papierosy. A jak si? sko?cz? papierosy, wtedy ogarnia cz?owieka raptowna ch?? zaci?gni?cia si? dymem.

As I see it now, the perpetual stress I had been under since the age of twelve had rendered me woefully inept at accepting the goodwill of others. Those who go through healthy childhoods learn that exhibiting a suitable degree of dependence is how one gains others' love.

You saved my life. You must let me thank you with a gift." "I could just as well say you saved mine. Neither of us would have survived without the other." "Then you owe me a gift as well. I will give you Apple Valley. What will you give me?

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!

Codeine . . . bourbon.

He's so good to give us the bitter moments of life that, in his mercy, keep us dependent on him, that remind us that this earth is not a believer's home, that so much "better" awaits us in every way. And he gives us the sweet moments to encourage us in our sanctification journey, to give us a taste of the eternal, of his goodness. He gives us both because he knows what we need better than we know ourselves. And his timing is always perfect. And aren't we grateful?

If someone rescues you, they own you. Not because you owe them—you can sort that, with enough good favors or bottles of booze dressed up in ribbons. They own you because you're not the lead in your story any more. You're the poor struggling loser/helpless damsel/plucky sidekick who was saved from danger/dishonor/humiliation by the brilliant brave compassionate hero/heroine, and they get to decide which, because you're not the one running this story, not any more.

The truth is, if you don't exist without someone else, you don't exist at all.

I tell you that was nothing, nothing at all, beside the power of putting your lives, simply and daily, into each other's hands.

Moose had no friends that year. A lot of the time a moose would feel tired and lean against other moose. Only there wouldn't be moose there and the moose would fall.

Conditioned existence refers to the pervasive way our lives, including our body and our thoughts, arise in dependence on contaminated past actions.

Maybe that's what it means to be in love, to willingly be at the mercy of another person.

Sin contar con Dios no pongas tu mano en nada!».

If I'm right, the only reason our species is still around is because of our friendship with the canines.

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.