"There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for years on end. It is all so self conscience, so apparently moral...But I won't have it. The world is wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous...more extravagant and bright. We are...raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain, or Lazarus."

-- Annie Dillard

#Journey Quotes #Self Quotes #Years Quotes

“My desire to fight comes from within... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.”
“Is this what sadness is all about? Is it what comes over us when beautiful memories shatter in hindsight because the remembered happiness fed not just on actual circumstances but on a promise that was not kept?”

Source : Bernhard Schlink (2011). “The Reader”, p.25, Hachette UK
“The only other person I have fallen in love with that way is Jesus, and I hope that goes more smoothly. I hope I remember, when I'm bored with Him, and antsy, and sick of brushing my teeth next to the same god every morning, I hope I remember not to leave Him. I am not so worried that He will leave me. The Bible, after all, is full of stories about God sticking with His Bride, no matter how stiff-necked and prideful and unfaithful she may be.”

Source : Lauren F. Winner (2002). “Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life”, p.27, Algonquin Books
“Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul.”
“The power of the Holy Spirit cannot be successfully duplicated. If a person is supernaturally changed and given a love for God's glory, God did it.”
“I don't think God said we should all be soft. My job is to compete, and the best prevails. I will continue to play, and that's the way I'm succeeding in my life. If I hit you by mistake, all I can say is 'I'm sorry,' and I keep moving on.”
“Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 28, 2011
“Iâ€™m not a brain surgeon, Iâ€™m not saving anyone from any life-threatening illnesses. But I get to tell stories, and thatâ€™s a pretty important task.”

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