"I wish for the thing that is best for me."

-- Stephanie Perkins

“Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates of acceptance. On the other hand, He may Allow you to fall into disobedience which happens to lead you to the right path. DISOBEDIENCE that teaches you HUMILITY is better than PIETY that fills you with VANITY and ARROGANCE.”
“Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the Eternal God and His whole mysterious purpose, and our solemn responsibility to Him.”

Source : Evelyn Underhill (2015). “The School of Charity: Meditations on the Christian Creed”, p.100, Aeterna Press
“Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.”
“Think of it as Angelina Jolie. Youâ€™ve heard sheâ€™s mad and eats nothing but wallpaper paste. But you would, wouldnâ€™t you?”
“Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.”
“Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.”
“If you say a word, it leaps out and becomes the truth. I love you. I believe it. I believe I am loveable. How can something as fragile as a word build a whole world?”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.361, A&C Black
“When I am home alone I like to scatter my tackle across the floor and play with it. I may pretend I am working on it, performing preventative maintenance, but really it is playing.”

Source : Howell Raines (1994). “Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis”, Anchor

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