"I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine."

-- Maggie Nelson

#Believe Quotes #Medicine Quotes #Violence Quotes

“If we know anything about a path at all, it's only because of the Great ones that have gone before us. Out of their love and kindness, they have left some footprints for us to follow. So, in the same way that they wish for us, we wish that all beings everywhere, including ourselves, be safe, be happy, have good health, and enough to eat. And may we all live at ease of heart with whatever comes to us in life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Krishna Das from Jun 19, 2015
“When God promises, He's not saying, I'll try. He means, I can and I will.”

Source : James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.55, Moody Publishers
“I do find it therapeutic, writing about stuff that was frightening and painful as a child, and managing to see it from an adult's point of view. To get it out of the closet onto paper, metaphorically speaking, is therapeutic.”
“Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.”
“Any preacher who preaches beyond that which he has experienced is incapable of preaching with conviction.”
“Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]”
“The problem with Prosperity Theology is not that it promises too much, but that it aims for so little. What God promises us in Christ is far above anything that can be measured in earthly wealth - and believers are not promised earthly wealth nor the gift of health.”
“Im not trying to hate on nobody.I love everybody that works towards what I was working towards.Its a hard game,its a hard life.”

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