"Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service."

-- Mother Teresa

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“God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be....”
“I love the saliheen (pious people) even though Iâ€™m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.”
“I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an education as is secured by attendance at the Protestant schools.”
“The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning â€œwithâ€ and â€œstrongâ€ â€“ He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love.”
“And even now she beats her head against the bars in the same old way and wonders if there is a bigger place the railroads run to from Chicago where maybe there is romance and big things and real dreams that never go smash.”
“Truth is dangerous. It topples palaces and kills kings. It stirs gentle men to rage and bids them take up arms. It wakes old grievances and opens forgotten wounds. It is the mother of the sleepless night and the hag-ridden day. And yet there is one thing that is more dangerous than Truth. Those who would silence Truthâ€™s voice are more destructive by far. It is most perilous to be a speaker of Truth. Sometimes one must choose to be silent, or be silenced. But if a truth cannot be spoken, it must at least be known. Even if you dare not speak truth to others, never lie to yourself.”

Source : "Fly by Night". Book by Frances Hardinge, October 7, 2005.
“Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers hold the earth in place and prevent its soluble components from washing to the wasting sea.”
“The cypress boat is frequently a symbol of fluctuating intention.”

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