"God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at work in the world."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Grace Quotes #World Quotes #Kingdoms Quotes

“Love- however doomed, had the capacity to attach bouys to the soul.”
“It is neither easy nor agreeable to dredge this abyss of viciousness, and yet I think it must be done, because what could be perpetrated yesterday could be attempted again tomorrow, could overwhelm us and our children. One is tempted to turn away with a grimace and close one's mind: this is a temptation one must resist. In fact, the existence of the death squads had a meaning, a message: 'We, the master race, are your destroyers, but you are no better than we are; if we so wish, and we do so wish, we can destroy not only your bodies, but also your souls, just as we have destroyed ours.”
“... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.”
“The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind.”
“If you look at the people who make up the Bravo landscape from Jeff Lewis to Rachel Zoe and Padma Lakshmi and Tabatha Coffey and the 'Millionaire Matchmaker,' these are very strong personalities that people love to watch and that you... don't see anywhere else.”
“Read good, big important things.”
“Plan the town, if you like; but in doing it do not forget that you have got to spread the people. Make wider roads, but do not narrow the tenements behind. Dignify the city by all means, but not at the expense of the health of the home and the family life and the comfort of the average workman and citizen.”
“My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.”

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