"When you are a child you are yourself and you know and see everything prophetically. And then suddenly something happens and you stop being yourself; you become what others force you to be. You lose your wisdom and your soul."

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Source : Jean Rhys (1985). “Tales of the wide Caribbean”, Heinemann Educational Publishers

Jean Rhys

#Being Yourself Quotes #Children Quotes #Soul Quotes

“If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground.”
“Many organizations have put off critical upgrades or new projects to make sure ICD-10 was survivable.”
“...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.”
“New York, the nation's thyroid gland.”
“It's in the silence that I'm most able to hear the tiny voices that tell me I'm not good enough, smart enough, or cool enough. I try to hear them for what they are: my own creations. Sitting with them, letting them speak, hearing them out, and giving them back the silence that I'm now sitting in has shown me that, quite often, they shut up.”
“God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us.”

Source : Richard J. Foster (2009). “Celebration of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth”, p.7, Harper Collins
“There is a spiritual realm that is available to all who find its many entrances.”
“We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.”

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