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The world speaks of holy things in the only language it knows, which is worldly language. — Frederick Buechner
One of the things that Ivar knew about Mrs. Walker was that she would only tell him what she knew if he asked the right… — Jane Smiley
Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our own story. But… — Aliko Dangote
In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture… — Thomas Aquinas
Extreme weather like the droughts in Russia, China and Brazil and the flooding in Pakistan and Australia [in 2010] have contributed to a level of… — John Beddington
To the people that claim to hate Love: Remember that the thing that hurt you was a person, not love. If it had been love,… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
One of the hardest things in life to realize is that the person you love could never love you like you love them. — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Our species in general had grown accustomed to pain and adversity through millennia of struggle . . . we were only recently evolving the ability… — Gay Hendricks
Take a journey into the things which you are carrying, the known- not into the unknown-into what you already know: your pleasures, your delights, your… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it… — Georges Bernanos
Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary;… — Thomas a Kempis
God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, As a tree straightens after the rain, Shining and lovely… — Grace Noll Crowell
Four things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. — Dorothy Parker
Goods and possessions are no gain in his eyes. He stays far from wealth and honor. Long life is no ground for joy, nor early… — Zhuangzi
I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the… — Charles Fletcher Lummis
What is different in capitalist civilization has been two things. First, the process of meritocracy has been proclaimed as an official virtue instead of being… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very… — Josemaria Escriva
Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of the… — Rachel Naomi Remen
It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not what's keeping things… — Anne Lamott
When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a stroke of lightning. When involved… — Milarepa
For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we don't look for bliss. — Chogyam Trungpa
It gives me a deep comforting sense that Things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal. — Helen Keller
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity. — Seneca the Younger
If we can say with Seneca, "This life is only a prelude to eternity," then we need not worry so much over the fittings and… — Minot Judson Savage
I further testify that when we eventually see things through the proper perspective of eternal truth, we will be amazed at how much we were… — John H. Groberg

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