"I think of love as a force of nature-as strog as the sun, as necessary, as impersonal, as gigantic, as impossible, as scorching as it is warming,as drought-making as it is life-giving."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes #Sun Quotes

“I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so I could but gain souls to Christ”

Source : David Brainerd, Ebenezer Pemberton (1765). “An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd: Minister of the Gospel, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland, for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New Jersey. Who Died at Northampton in New-England, October 9, 1747, in the 30th Year of His Age. Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary, and Other Private Writings, Written for His Own Use; and Now Published”, p.123
“It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.”
“Paris strikes the vulgar part of us infinitely the most, but to a thinking mind London is incomparably the most delightful subject for contemplation.”
“Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.”
“Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift of the gods.”
“We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are.”
“I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible.”
“Funny how life messed with you.”

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