"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Morning Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Writing Quotes

“People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.”
“For some of us it seems like yesterday when Ike was in the White House, the U.S. Senate censured Joe McCarthy, and the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public school was unconstitutional.”
“There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.”
“In our hearts do we feel a sense of gratitude and devotion to the Father? Are we of one heart with Him to whom we owe everything? The test of our devotion to the Lord seems to be the way we serve Him.”
“...there are still truths in the Bible and many other ancient texts despite what religions have done to destroy and debase them. Religious dogma and myth have been used very successfully either to suppress understanding or to twist the truth sufficiently to turn something positive into something negative.”
“Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.”
“I'm such an awful faker. Everything that comes out of my mouth needs to be the real deal. Not that I ever try to be deceiving, but sometimes it takes a while to find your voice and find what you want to say.”
“Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven.”

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