"Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has the Cross so seized upon your life?"

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Source : St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.2318, Moody Publishers

L. E. Maxwell

#Strong Quotes #Tears Quotes #Overcoming Quotes

“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.”
“I was going to be a memory when I grew up.”
“Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.”
“There is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was.”

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Tea Rose”, p.554, Bloomsbury Publishing
“So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality.”
“The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.”
“Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.”
“In politics there's never a magic wand.”

Source : "Julia Gillard: 20 people, 20 questions". www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2013.

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