"Christians, instead of arming themselves with swords, extend their hands in prayer."

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Source : Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, Aeterna Press (2016). “Saint Athanasius of Alexandria Collection [6 Books]”, p.344, Aeterna Press

Athanasius of Alexandria

#Christian Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Hands Quotes

“If we are going to teach the world to stop hating the different, the other, then weâ€™re going to have to start with children.”
“Let us look for secret things somewhere in the world on the blue shore of silence or where the storm has passed rampaging like a train. There the faint signs are left, coins of time and water, debris ,celestial ash and the irreplaceable rapture of sharing in the labour of soitude in the sand.”
“It's really hard to maintain a band as a democracy. Again, I think there's been a shift. There's a lot of emphasis put on style and a singular personality, as opposed to a more anonymous group of people playing music. It's more about can I dress this person up? Are they going to look pretty? I feel like the cult of personality is back, for sure.”
“The dust to which this flesh shall return, it is the ancient dreaming dust of God.”
“Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta.”
“Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.”

Source : "Alan Cumming on Macbeth: 'It’s nuts, what we’re doing. Nuts!’" by Jasper Rees, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 6, 2012.
“I do like our young talent here, but it needs to get better. And we need some better veterans if we can go out and get them. We all get discouraged by losing. I sit there every game and see the little things that happen and you feel like they cost you games. But the reality is that we are still some time away from being what I hope we can be. And that's going to take some good decision-making on our part.”
“Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you.”

Source : Edwidge Danticat (2003). “Breath, Eyes, Memory”, p.48, Soho Press

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