The onslaught of scruples is a problem well attested in the spiritual life, especially among the young, where religious observances must be done perfectly to achieve a certain result (Philip Zaleski, The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams)
it is horrible being all alone (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
Without compassion for a fellow man, for great splendors of our Sister, Mother Earth the humankind will never reconcile with itself (Vinko Vrbanic)
God’s word guarantees our victory, instead of shame, he gives His children victory – Sunday Adelaja.
May you enter into a new phase in your life. One that affirms your life’s purpose. (Eleesha, The Soulful Pathway To Affirmations: Soulfully Affirming Your Life’s True Purpose & Destiny With the Power of Affirmations)
I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 1830 and 1848, when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information (Henning Mankell)
I have already lost the knowledge of the word whose sound has the shape of a soul. But perhaps it’s not too late. Come with me. Hurry now. We still have a chance to be young (Dexter Palmer, The Dream of Perpetual Motion)
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? – Gautama Buddha
We’re all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on. Not forever, perhaps, but for a time. It’s a kind of immortality, I suppose, bounded by limits, it’s true, but then so’s everything (Charles de Lint)
Upon graduation, believe it or not, I had no job. I had no interviews. I had no prospects. I had no worries. What I did have, I had passion. I had enormous passion. I had passion for financial markets. I had fallen in love with financial markets (Gary Cohn)