"Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellowmen and I will tell you how much you have loved them."

-- Helmut Thielicke

#Valentines Day Quotes #Valentine Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him, pouring out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us. Only by so doing can we expect to know Him, and as we come to know Him better we shall spend more time in His presence and find that presence a constant and ever-increasing delight.”
“As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.”
“Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.”
“Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.”
“To believe that He will preserve us is, indeed, a means of preservation. God will certainly preserve us, and make a way of escape for us out of the temptation, should we fall. We are to pray for what God has already promised. Our requests are to be regulated by His promises and commands. Faith embraces the promises and so finds relief.”
“One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.”

Source : "The Apollonian Clockwork". Book by Louis Andriessen, 1983.
“I played so perfect, I couldn't play more perfect.”
“I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.”

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