Famous Quotes

"A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn?"

Hugh Mackay on Easter

More quotes about Easter

• "A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Easter

• "God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'"

  Billy Graham on Easter

• "We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine."

  Dwight L. Moody on Easter

• "Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song."

  Pope John Paul II on Easter

• "The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake."

  Basil Hume on Easter

More quotes by Hugh Mackay

• "One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives."

• "Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational."

• "The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?"

• "The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience."

• "Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational."