V raymond edman Quotes

“Political success in Athens seemed to depend on having a party, and there seemed now to be no party with whom an honorable man could connect himself. ”

“The pattern [of the crisis of the deeper life] seems to be self-centeredness, self-effort, increasing inner dissatisfaction and outer discouragement, a temptation to give it all up because there is no better way, and then finding the Spirit of God to be their strength, their guide, their confidence and companion--in a word, their life.”

“Never doubt in the DARK what God told you in the LIGHT.”

“Climbing in the Spirit is accompanied by kneeling, and not by running; by surrender, and not by determination. Despair of self leads to utter desperation; but beyond these mists lies the sunshine of God's presence.”

“Many a soul will turn back to accustomed marshlands of defeat rather than brave the fogs of frustration”

“She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam.”

“I don't fire up the prose. I just tell it straight and don't fool around with it.”

“Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back and drain your mind of all thought. And there you are watching the bubbles in the primeval ooze. You don't have to concentrate. You don't have to react. You don't have to remember. You don't miss your brain because you don't need it. Your heart and liver and lungs continue to function normally. Apart from that, all is peace and quiet. You are in the man's nirvana. And if some poor nasty minded person comes along and says you look like a fly on a can of garbage, pay him no mind. He probably hasn't got the price of a television set.”

“Did you know in the sea you can find a fish called, SWEETLIPS?"Ted and Raymond's Sea Adventure”