"He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only"

-- Cinda Williams Chima

#Arms Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.”
“Even very progressive, informed people still get tongue-tied responding to the question, can organic and sustainably raised food still feed the world? A corollary to that question, and one we certainly hear a lot these days, is that genetically modified foods are better for the environment because they use fewer chemicals, which has been thoroughly debunked.”

Source : "Anna Lappé Is Ready to Bust the Food Industry’s Biggest Myths". Interview With Tom Philpott, www.motherjones.com. October 2, 2013.
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jul 12, 2010
“I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.”
“Dear God, I prayed, all unafraid (as we're inclined to do), I do not need a handsome man but let him be like You; I do not need one big and strong nor yet so very tall, nor need he be some genius, or wealthy, Lord, at all; but let his head be high, dear God, and let his eye be clear, his shoulders straight, whate'er his state, whate'er his earthly sphere; and let his face have character, a ruggedness if soul, and let his whole life show, dear God, a singleness of goal; then when he comes (as he will come) with quiet eyes aglow, I'll understand that he's the man I prayed for long ago.”

Source : Ruth Bell Graham (2007). “Footprints of a Pilgrim”, p.51, Thomas Nelson
“And now we're suffering the logical culmination of all this: the largest group of government-hati ng, racist, homophobic, misogynistic know-nothing, climate-change denying, evolution-denyi ng, science-denying , anti-immigrant House Republicans in history, bent on taking America back to the 19th century.”
“Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.”
“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.”

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