"Prayer begins where human capacity ends."

-- Marian Anderson

#Peace Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I decided to do something I'd get paid for.”
“Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.”
“There is such a choice of difficulties that I am myself at a loss how to determine.”
“BYU takes on defending national champion Florida State in the Pigskin Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., eight days after announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: I do know this, that I'm finally a little bit more relieved than I've been for some time. Patti (his wife) and I have talked about it a lot and came to that conclusion (to retire). I had a feeling of serenity, if you will. In fact, I was feeling so serene that I put in a film of Florida State, and that got me out of that mood in a hurry.”
“All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.”
“When you pray, remember that you are not praying to a distant God, but to the God that dwells within you. Don't just speak the words; feel what they mean in your life. Don't pray from your lips, but from your heart. Your prayers aren't for God, they are for you, to remind you of the presence of the Holy Spirit within you. When you say "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done," remember that you are loved and protected. God has planned greater things for us than we can imagine. The more we maintain an awareness of God's unchanging love, the safer and more at home we will feel in the world.”
“Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend.”
“The program of classical liberalism, condensed into a single word, would have to read: property.”

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