"Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks."

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Ignazio Silone

#Spiritual Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Risk Quotes

“That's what's so cool about 'Once:' There is a layer of darker stuff, but it's balanced by this incredible light.”
“When, in adoration, we look at the consecrated Host, the sign of creation speaks to us. And so, we encounter the greatness of his gift; but we also encounter the Passion, the Cross of Jesus and his Resurrection. Through this gaze of adoration, he draws us toward himself, within his mystery, through which he wants to transform us as he transformed the Host.”
“When I hear about something that's hot, I back away from it. So I go and discover the stuff I wasn't paying attention to five years ago.”
“What were the odds that she'd turn away at the same instant the ball came flying her way? And that she'd be holding a soda in a crowd at a volleyball game she didn't even want to watch, in a place she didn't want to be? In a million years, the same thing should probably never happen again. With odds like that, she should have bought a lottery ticket.”
“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.”
“What do you possess if you possess not God?”
“I brings the ruckus to the ladies.”

Source : "Fictional character: Leon Black". TV Series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ("The Anonymous Donor", 2007), www.imdb.com. (2000–).
“Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.”

Source : Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1803). “What is Worth While?”, p.9

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