That has been my personal relationship with God-a connection with the powerful, loving, wise energy in all of us, in all creation.… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
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There simply aren't any grand moments in life, and we surely don't live in those moments. No, we live in the utterly… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
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All my photographs are about meetings and about coups de foudre - love at first sight. To do that type of photography,… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
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Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God?… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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I teach contentment. And the basic principle of contentment is to drop your ego. Don't think for a single moment, "To be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
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