"I see shining fish struggling within tight nets, while I hear orioles singing carefree tunes. Even trivial creatures know the difference between freedom and bondage. Sympathy and compassion should be but natural to the human heart."

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Du Fu

#Struggle Quotes #Heart Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.”
“Why does the sea moan evermore? Shut out from heaven it makes its moan, It frets against the boundary shore; All earth's full rivers cannot fill The sea, that drinking thirsteth still.”
“One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of temperament. We make our temperament and our natural affinities barriers to coming to Jesus. The first thing we realize when we come to Jesus is that He pays no attention whatever to our natural affinities. We have the notion that we can consecrate our gifts to God. You cannot consecrate what is not yours; there is only one thing you can consecrate to God, and that is your right to yourself (Romans 12:1). If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you. Godâ€™s experiments always succeed”

Source : Annie Edith Foster Jameson, J. E. Buckrose (1923). “What I Have Gathered”
“'He is very ugly,' said his mother.”
“T.C.: Um, actually you just said "I live in a parking lot." You didn't mean to do that. Lori: You've never seen traffic on Concord Street at eight o'clock in the morning.”

Source : Steve Kluger (2009). “My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park”, p.157, Penguin
“You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.”

Source : Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.51, Delta
“Our capacity for fulfillment can come only through faith and feelings. But our capacity for survival must come from reason and knowledge.”

Source : Heinz R. Pagels (2012). “The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature”, p.347, Courier Corporation
“The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity.”

Source : David Barton (2013). “Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion”, p.30, BookBaby

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