"Lord, You have told me who You are, You have in mercy revealed Yourself to me, I know You to be that blessed 'gift of God' which alone can save and satisfy my soul. The depth and compass of heavenly love are manifested in You, and You have shown me, not my need only, but the sufficiency of Your grace and power to meet it. I am an empty sinner, You are a full Christ!"

“Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.”

Source : Neel Burton (2017). “Growing from Depression, second edition”, p.61, Acheron Press

“World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.”

“It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us to free ourselves from the very same sins.”

“When a mother takes pictures of her children on the beach, she doesn't take herself for an artist; she does it for love, which is an excellent reason, from my point of view.”

“So long as there's been black churches in the United States, there's been a relationship between spiritual well-being and material acquisition. This has always been the case.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“It can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life.”

“Now you are in the true world, and a great deal more is required of you. Here you must befriend real wolves, and lure real birds down from the sky. Here you must endure real people around you, and we are not uniformly kind; we are damaged and impulsive, each in our own way. It is harder. It is not safe. But it is what you were born to.”

Source : Margo Lanagan (2009). “Tender Morsels”, p.400, Random House

“Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.”