Books Quote by Elif Shafak

“But he could no longer disbelieve in the reality of love, since God Himself had loved his individual soul with divine love from all…

— James Joyce

“The only religion which is against nature, against common sense and against our pleasures is the only one which has always existed.”

— Blaise Pascal

“Our survival as spiritual beings depends upon our ability to open our wild hearts in love and resonance with all of nature.”

— Gail Faith Edwards

“We seek love in relationships, peace in security, and joy in material things...but these feelings are divine and not dependent on any outer circumstances.”

— Vivian Amis

“Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as…

— Hermann Hesse

“Rules cease to exist once they have outlived their value, but forms live on eternally. There are forms of the novel which impose on…

— Raymond Queneau

“To understand the love of being loving, radically changes us. People, in and of themselves, cannot give us happiness. Activities, in and of themselves,…

— Donna Goddard

“includes an instant and lifelong duty to love God with every power of mind and soul, to obey Him perfectly,”

— A.W. Tozer

“But that’s what love was: the courage to endure having a piece of your heart walking around outside your own body, exposed to the…

— Isley Robson

“I have chosen two concepts to guide my thoughts and actions. They are stronger than the pressure of society, the constraints of morality, the…

— Gamal Hennessy

“All that we say and do must be motivated by love, controlled by truth, and done to the glory of God. The”

— Warren W. Wiersbe

“that in every individual a spiritual element is manifested that gives life to all that exists, and that this spiritual element strives to unite…

— Leo Tolstoy