"What is the scent of water?" "Renewal. The goodness of God coming down like dew."

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Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1963). “The Scent of Water”

Elizabeth Goudge

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“This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful.”

Source : Speech at Denver, Colorado, February 19, 1977.
“You see an artist, a creative person, can accept criticism or can live with the criticism much more easily than with being ignored. Criticism makes you feel alive. If somebody is bothered enough to speak vituperatively about it, you feel you have touched a nerve and you are at least 'in touch.' You are not happy that he doesn't like it, but you feel you are in contact with life.”
“Particular nuisances (are) smoke, sewage odours, dust and similar aerosols, and vibrations.”
“When a lot of athletes get done playing, they end up in some really tough positions. They have a hard time transitioning because their identity is wrapped up in who they are as a player and what they do rather than who they can be in Christ. We desire to help people understand the invitation that God has given each one of us as Christ followers to be a part of this global redemptive story. If you can't give your life to something with meaning and purpose of that magnitude then there's nothing there.”

Source : "Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Aaron Kampman on his faith, his recent trip to El Salvador and the NFL lockout". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“One look in your eyes and there I see just what you mean to me. Here in my heart I believe your love is all I'll ever need”
“Smart is knowing if you're dumb. Knowing when to shut up and to listen to people that are smarter than you.”

Source : Source: www.nytimes.com
“Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do creating.”

Source : mary martin (1976). “my heart belongs”
“If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humored these beliefs in order to calm down their madness with as little harm as possible.”

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