Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, /… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“It's more than shadows That carry me through Not some empty shadowed faith Of some empty idols Its the faith that allows… — Michelle Kidwell Copy Share Image
We do not merely give a religious education because that would seem to imply the possibility of some other education, a secular… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Our Lord Jesus Christ added nothing to God in His essential being and glory, either by what He did or suffered. True,… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
Generosity is what de worlds needs most If u give unstintingly God will bless you and help u grow Be yourself, let… — Syntific Copy Share Image
My witness is, that those who are honoured of their Lord in public, have usually to endure a secret chastening, or to… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Man is the same today that he has always been. He is a rebel against God. He may, in some generations, hide… — Donald Barnhouse Copy Share Image
Jack furiously chopped vegetables. "Captain Dependable! Wait, we vetoed that one. The Divine Door Maker? Too much? Hmm...Handsome Hero, but maybe I… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Fear accomplishes much in love. The husband of the Middle Ages was loved by his wife for his very severity. The bride… — Jules Michelet Copy Share Image
When Peter Jackson did The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Fellowship of the Ring, not everyone had read Tolkien, and yet… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
“Open, Lord, my mouth to bless your holy name; cleanse my heart from all empty, evil, or distracting thoughts; enlighten my mind,… — Timothy M. Gallagher Copy Share Image
Lord, when I feel that what I'm doing is insignificant and unimportant, help me to remember that everything I do is significant… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
Even if all we have is a little, the Lord desires us to be joyfully generous, so that He will have for… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
When Abba Anthony thought about the depths of the judgments of God, he asked, 'Lord, how is it that some die when… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
We are called upon to obey and follow our Lord the Christ, but it is not because of any fear of Him… — Charles Webster Leadbeater Copy Share Image
Spirituality yields two fruits. The first in inspiration to know what to do. The second is power, or the capacity to do… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose… — Andrew Bonar Copy Share Image
I want to be a jazzman until the day I die. To help keep that motion, momentum and movement going, for myself,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Everyone that gets an authority into his hands tyrannizes over others; as many husbands, parents, masters, magistrates, that live after the flesh… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked… — James Brown Copy Share Image
As [John] Tolkien himself said, the story [Lord of the Ring ] is not allegorical. He said so when people tried to… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of the term. They are engines… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
Lord Chatham and Napoleon were ns much actors as Garrick or Talma. Now, an imposing air should always be taken as evidence… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Men do not avail themselves of the riches of God's grace. They love to nurse their cares, and seem as uneasy without… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
God reveals to His prophets that there are moral absolutes. Sin will always be sin. Disobedience to the Lord’s commandments will always… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
“The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
What I see is tellin me this world's gone crazy, but, What is real says God's still on His throne, What I… — Steven Curtis Chapman Copy Share Image
The children of our Lord walk gladly in his ways; they have confidence in him, and so when they fall, they rise… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
According to the Tax Foundation, taxes now consume more than 38% of the average family's budget. That is more than is spent… — Daniel J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
My mother was suffering every day of her life, and what right did I have to be happy if she was suffering?… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
The joy of the Lord is my strength, knowing that He is with me, knowing that He will never leave me, knowing… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
I remember the first time going to St. Jude. I didn't like going there because the children were ill, and it just… — Lee Trevino Copy Share Image
I believe that it is truly important for everyone to confront in dialogue the historical reality of the Reformation, its consequences and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother's name through… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
![“Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, / While each new instant, (new eternity) / Flowering with clean and individual circumstance, / Speaks me the whisper of [God's] consecrating Spirit. / Then will obedience bring forth new…” quote by Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/thomas-merton-231_blades_teach-me-to-take-all-grace-and-spring-it_1077390.jpg)
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