"Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years--nor will they linger forever. The sun will definitely rise. In fact, its ascent has already begun."

-- Daisaku Ikeda

#Dark Quotes #Fire Quotes #Years Quotes

“...God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance...”
“Being a role model is a privilege.”
“He's lived a fiction. And, of course, he thinks that if you love someone enough, they will love you. And that if you steer things enough, things will, under your control, come right. And this is the fiction of the controller: a controller thinks that they can control their life into being what they want it to be. But their life will never be what they want it to be until they stop controlling, and that is their journey.”
“Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.”
“Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used.”
“He who would not fall off the precipice must not venture too near the edge.”

Source : Frances J. Roberts (2013). “On the Highroad Of Surrender - Updated”, p.127, Barbour Publishing
“My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.”
“I'd like people to like me. I think most of my friends like me! I'm real and I get in trouble for speaking my mind. I will definitely tell you the truth because I have to. I get in trouble that way.”

Source : Source: movieweb.com

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