"O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, obtains salvation except through thee, none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee."

-- Pope Leo XIII

#Mother Quotes #Thrones Quotes #Mercy Quotes

“Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.”
“Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way, they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.”

Source : "Fruitvale Station's success a 'surprise' for first-time director Ryan Coogler" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2013.
“Men and women will forever make gods of others rather than see the god in themselves.”

Source : Ki Longfellow (2007). “The Secret Magdalene: A Novel”, p.404, Crown
“By men's words we know them.”

Source : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead
“In the beginning it wasn't bodybuilding competition that motivated me, it was just getting muscles and getting big. And certainly it has evolved for me since then. I think I'm still evolving.”
“When working out, length is not a substitute for intensity.”
“Whatever we have done, we can always make amends for it without ever looking back in guilt or sorrow.”
“Sometimes the heart is so heavy that we turn away from it and forget that its throbbing is the wisest message of life, a wordless message that says, "Live, be, move, rejoice -- you are alive!" Without the heart's wise rhythm, we could not exist.”

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