"God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one."

--

Thomas S. Monson

#Mother Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Creation Quotes

“It is not like a premonition of death. It is as if she died a long time ago, and she just now remembered it.”
“Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space.”
“Follow your bliss. That which you love you must spend your life doing, as passionately and as perfectly as your heart, mind and instincts allow. The sooner you identify that bliss, which surely resides in the soul of most human beings, the greater your chance of a truly successful life. In the act of creativity, being careful guarantees sameness and mediocrity, which means your work will be invisible. Better to be reckless than careful. Better to be bold than safe. Better to have your work seen and remembered, or you've struck out. There is no middle ground.”
“And you know what? If there is a God, and it's that same God who's so eager to have temples built in honor of his greatness, and wars fought over him, and people dropping to their knees telling him what a wonderful, magnificent being he is? If this all-powerful, all-knowing creature for some reason just can't get by without my worship? Then let him give me some proof. Or at least get over himself if I decide to go out and get some.”

Source : Robin Wasserman (2012). “The Book of Blood and Shadow”, p.302, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“One glorious chain of love, of giving and receiving, unites all creatures.”

Source : Samson Raphael Hirsch (1942). “The nineteen letters of Ben Uziel: being a spiritual presentation of the principles of Judaism”
“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.”
“I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -- and that is the real risk.”
“Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.”

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