I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: religion faith Christianity cards Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We must travel in the direction of our fear. —John Berryman More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why is life speeded up so? Why are things so terribly, unbearably precious that you can't enjoy them, but can only wait breathless in dread of their going? —Anne Morrow Lindbergh More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin. —Leonard Cohen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The spiritual life does not remove us from the world, but leads us deeper into it. —Henri J. M. Nouwen More about this quote Tags: spirituality life depth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. —John Wooden More about this quote Tags: power will ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The hardest thing we are asked to do in this world is to remain aware of suffering, suffering about which we can do nothing. —May Sarton More about this quote Tags: suffering awarenss Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All religions begin with the cry "Help. —William James More about this quote Tags: religion help need Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is pain. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something. —William Goldman More about this quote Tags: life pain selling salesmanship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some days, I feel like if there is a God, he's a lot like Woody Allen. —C. J. Gall More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts, and the scenery is falling apart. —Rainer Maria Rilke More about this quote Tags: heart scenery cohesion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Have patience! In time, even grass becomes milk. —Charan Singh More about this quote Tags: patience time change grass milk Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. —Barbara Kingsolver More about this quote Tags: life hope Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Stop thinking this is all there is. . . . Realize that for every ongoing war and religious outrage and environmental devastation and bogus Iraqi attack plan, there are a thousand counter-balancing acts of staggering generosity and humanity and art and beauty happening all over the world, right now, on a breathtaking scale, from flower box to cathedral. . . . Resist the temptation to drown in fatalism, to shake your head and sigh and just throw in the karmic towel. . . . Realize that this is the perfect moment to change the energy of the world, to step right up and crank your personal volume; right when it all seems dark and bitter and offensive and acrimonious and conflicted and bilious . . . there's your opening. Remember magic. And, finally, believe you are part of a groundswell, a resistance, a seemingly small but actually very, very large impending karmic overhaul, a great shift, the beginning of something important and potent and unstoppable. —Mark Morford More about this quote Tags: war humanity beauty religion change world art temptation generosity magic resistance environment fatalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Only the truth is revolutionary. —Graffiti, Paris, May 1968 More about this quote Tags: truth revolution Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email