The demon of acedia -- also called the noonday demon -- is the one that causes the most serious trouble of all.… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
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Victory is freedom of mind and body.' I believe that is true. I would go further and say that victory is freedom… — Douglas Clegg Copy Share Image
I also think that life itself is both indifferent to us and the source of all of our joys and everything that… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
“These are the costs Muslims must calculate when considering the gospel: losing the relationships they have built in this life, potentially losing… — Nabeel Qureshi Copy Share Image
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Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity. It… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
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Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
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We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to… — James Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
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True love has nothing to do with liking someone, agreeing with him or her or being compatible. It is a love of… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
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It is the thing God gave each and everyone of us so we can live to love,praise,and worship Him and His Son,Jesus… — MeLesley Drye Copy Share Image
Of all human activities, only labor, and neither action nor work, is unending, progressing automatically in accordance with life itself and outside… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
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Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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Life has to be in the moment, spontaneous and venerable. There isn't any winning or losing. Life itself, as it flowers in… — Richard Moss Copy Share Image
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However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
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There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death.… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
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The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to be a task, and becomes your calling; you pass from… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
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Aren’t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth. Pandora’s box is a… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
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