"The natural world around us shows the way to relief. All of life is maintained by the sun, by the air, by water, by the earth and its resources. And to whom was the sun given? To everyone. If there is any one thing that people do have in common, it is the gift of sunlight. But as the early Christians said, "If the sun were not hung so high, someone would have claimed it long ago.""

-- Eberhard Arnold

#Christian Quotes #Air Quotes #Long Quotes

“Be secret and discreet; the fairy favors are lost when not concealed.”
“Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.”
“Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.”
“Suddenly I burst into song: 'Awe, sweet mystery of life, at last I found thee...' And I felt so good inside and my heart felt so full, I decided I would set time aside each day to do awe-robics. Because at the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you don't understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time.”
“Yes, I love white, and I'd wear it all the time if I could. Some people think I have an issue with cleanliness, but to me it's just so pretty.”
“I bought abandon dearAnd sold all piety for pleasure.My own free spirit I have followed,And never will I give up lust.”
“... We must remember that there's more than one story and plot in every novel. There are at least as many stories as there are main characters, and each of these stories has to have multiple plots to keep it going - blood and bone, nerve and tissue, forgotten longing and unknown events.”
“Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.”

Source : Jean Vanier (2001). “Seeing Beyond Depression”, p.35, Paulist Press

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