"One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing."

-- Jean Vanier

#Responsibility Quotes #Healing Quotes #Self Confidence Quotes

“Of Consciousness, her awful Mate. The Soul cannot be rid - as easy the secreting her behind the Eyes of God.”
“Spiritual truth should never be sold - those who sell it injure themselves spiritually.”
“There is something about Midwest in general, that has kind of an underdog quality.”

Source : "BYT Interviews: Celeste Ng". Interview with Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 22, 2016.
“People look for their passions. But often, the passions find you. How does your #â€Ž passion find you? When you are good at something, you get passionate about it. Thatâ€™s it.”
“[On filling out a grant application:] I seek an extended period of time, free from all distractions, so that I might be free to be distracted.”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.137, Wave Books
“You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything”
“Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.”
“Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone... Scripture suggests that the essence of the divine nature is compassion and that the heart of God is defined by tenderness.”

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