Canny Quotes

”To put it bluntly, have I time to discover why I was born before I die?... There is an obvious danger in leaving it too late.. why do I have to know why I was born? Because, of course, I am unable to believe that it was an accident ...... Countries like ours are full of people who have all the material comforts they desire... and yet lead lives of quiet, and at times noisy, desperation, understanding nothing but the fact that there is a hole inside of them and that however much food and drink they pour into it, however many motor cars and television sets they stuff it with, however many well balanced children and loyal friends they parade around the edges of it... it aches.” (Bernard Levin, “Life’s Great Riddle, and No Time to Find Its Meaning”)

“I am the bread of life.” (Jesus, John 6:35)

“Man cannot live without meaning.” (Albert Camus)

“I am the way, the truth and the life.” (Jesus, John 14:6)

“Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life.” (Aristotle Onassis)

“.. there remains deep in the soul (if I dare use that word), a persistent and unconscious anxiety that something is missing, some ingredient that makes life worth living.” (Prince Charles)

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Jesus, Matthew 11:28)

“Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.” (C. S. Lewis)

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (Jesus, John 8:12)

“In it’s favour as living truth there exists such overwhelming evidence, positive and negative, factual and circumstantial, that no intelligent jury in the world could fail to bring in a verdict that the Resurrection story is true.” (Lord Darling, former Lord Chief Justice of England)

“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (Jesus, John 10:10)

"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn’t be a great moral teacher, he would either be a lunatic - on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg - or else He would be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this Man was and is the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse ... but don’t let’s come up with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He hasn’t left that open to us. He didn’t intend to.” (C. S. Lewis)

“You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man, and that is the most bitter type of loneliness. Success has brought me world idolization and millions of pounds, but it’s prevented me from having the one thing we all need - a loving, ongoing relationship.” (Freddie Mercury)

“What I envy most about you Christians is your forgiveness....I have no one to forgive me.” (Marghanita Laski, humanist.)

“... through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. (The Apostle Paul, Acts 13:38)