"Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation."

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Source : "God's Priorities for Your Life for Teens". 2006.

Richard Holloway

#Inspirational Quotes #Art Quotes #Giving Quotes

“We must come to the Bible with the purpose of self-exposure consciously in mind. I suspect not many people make more than a token stab in that direction. It's extremely hard work. It makes Bible study alternately convicting and reassuring, painful and soothing, puzzling and calming, and sometimes dull - but not for long if our purpose is to see ourselves better.”
“Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves.”
“I was particularly drawn to Berlin because of its literal, concrete division. Two halves making a whole, or two entities that were altered doubles of each other? Twins that had been separated and kept in neighbouring houses and raised according to different sets of rules as a social experiment? It was irresistible as a metaphor for division in the mind, for a split personality.”
“You know Moms has been accused of liking young men, and I'm guilty.”
“Love is a state of union. When you can receive love, you can know union.”

Source : Sandra Ingerman (2010). “Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins”, p.95, Harmony
“Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate.”

Source : Rosie Thomas (2016). “Iris and Ruby: A Novel”, p.150, The Overlook Press
“Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.”
“To create, we need both technique and freedom of technique”

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