More from Barbara Johnson
Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson I don’t have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I’m committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that’s kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it’s Loving Kindness.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God’s grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Life can be wonderful. Do your best not to miss it!” Enjoy what it is before it isn’t anymore. Dare to slip on a pair of bunny slippers once in a while! Surprise yourself! Enjoy the little things because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things!
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Smile…it kills time between disasters.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson
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With new relationships, we get scared of being loved because we scared of rejection. Don’t let your fears ruin a perfectly good relationship.
Emily BockEmily Bock I love having someone to talk to all night.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is a loud war to love you in silence.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi Don’t let unimportant people have too much power over you.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park Remember that your purpose is indeed to be nothing else but YOU, all that you are and all that you want to be.
ShamaShama I like the crazy ones- the ones made of a little bit of human and a lot of star.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Let go and trust in the higher power to guide you.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul. And heal you.
Makenzie CampbellMakenzie Campbell
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More on dogma
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
Lord ActonLord Acton Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma.
John BergerJohn Berger Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding, and questioning of the social conditions under which man exists and tries to better himself.
Uta HagenUta Hagen A dogma recognized throughout antiquity… (that) the soul expiates its sins in the darkness of the infernal regions and… afterwards… passes into new bodies, there to undergo new trials.
PlotinusPlotinus The dogma of the Ghost in the machine.
Gilbert RyleGilbert Ryle I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
E. O. WilsonE. O. Wilson