"The silence of prayer is the silence of listening."

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Source : Elizabeth O'Connor (1983). “Eighth Day of Creation: Discovering Your Gifts and Using Them”

Elizabeth O'Connor

#Prayer Quotes #Silence Quotes #Empathy Quotes

“I believe that the shocking toll of AIDS on gay men in the West was partly due to their Seventies delusions that a world without women was possible. All-male energies, unbalanced and ravenous, literally tore the body apart.”
“People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They're thinking about what it means to live in a house, rather than just buying a commodity and making it work.”
“Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we love.”

Source : Mary Alice Monroe (2012). “The Beach House”, p.133, Harlequin
“A toast to the weapons of war, may they rust in peace.”
“If consumers don't have the wherewithal to spend because all the money's going to the top, and the people at the top only spend a very small fraction of what they earn, then the economy is almost inevitably destined to slow.”
“How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.”
“There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.”
“If you think Wall Street firms have it good, you haven't looked closely at Big Oil.”

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