I try in my life to follow my heart in terms of what moves me and what is important to me. I… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
Of lower states, of acts of routine and sense, we can tell somewhat; but the masterpieces of God, the total growths and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The genius of Christian spirituality is to integrate [the] spirit of possession with the spirit of dispossession. The spirit of dispossession implies… — John Powell Copy Share Image
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For here the religion that languishes in crowded cities or steals shame-faced to hide itself in dim churches, flourishes greatly, filling the… — William Henry Hudson Copy Share Image
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My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Why should it be thought incredible that the same soul should inhabit in succession an indefinite number of moral bodies? Even during… — Francis Bowen Copy Share Image
Disconnected from my feminine soul, I had also unknowingly forfeited my power to name sacred reality. I had simply accepted what men… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
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I attempt to read one book every day. I don't always achieve that, especially when I'm traveling. But when I'm home, I… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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“WE When it is over, we breathe and ache like old oak, like peeling birch. One of Our lost souls set free.… — Lisa McMann Copy Share Image
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His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
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The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God's presence stamped deep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The soul of the river had entered my soul, And the gathered power of my soul was moving So swiftly, it seemed… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
Don't move. Just die over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now because you have only this moment. Not even… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
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I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was,… — George Muller Copy Share Image
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And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics]… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
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“Heartfelt Grace The sun is shining bright today there’s a darkness in my eyes digging deep within myself unwanted thoughts arrive. This… — Ron Baratono Copy Share Image
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