Draws Quote by Cyprian

While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.

— John Calvin

“There is an overflowing grace, for every great work.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were damned… Our…

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Doubt is conquered by faith, just as it is faith which has brought doubt into the world.”

— Søren Kierkegaard

“JUNE 22 I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the…

— Beth Moore

I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.

— Anonymous

“Father, You lead us down a path whose destination only You know, and we are rewarded by our faith. You have brought so many…

— Guideposts

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be…

— Demosthenes

If your memory was OK you could descend upon on a bookshop – a big enough one so that the staff wouldn’t hassle a…

— Francis Spufford

“The hand which scoops up the water is the first vessel. The fingers of both hands intertwined are the first basket. [p. 217]”

— Elias Canetti

I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of…

— Max Brooks

Miriam realizes she is a broken vessel, pieces of her scattered everywhere. She has been finding those pieces, in their many forms, and bringing…

— Myla Goldberg

These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can help grieving…

— Tennessee Williams

“The sun had burned through and the day had gone from dull to dazzling, yet in the west blask-satin thunderheads continued to stack up.…

— Stephen King

I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open hand. This…

— Katrina Kenison