"Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance."

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Source : Pope John Paul II, Achille Silvestrini, Jerome M. Vereb (1999). “A Pilgrim Pope: Messages for the World”, p.305, Andrews McMeel Publishing

Pope John Paul II

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“My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things.”
“Blast Cecil!â€ said Eldric. â€œYou have my permission,â€ I said.”
“I have been able to travel all over the country and see many places that I probably never would have visited. I have also participated in many charity events for worthy causes.”
“Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.”
“The trouble with most people is that they want to know the way and the channels beforehand. They want to tell Supreme Intelligence just how their prayers should be answered. They do not trust the wisdom and ingenuity of God.”
“Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. Thatâ€™s all you need to know in this lifeâ€¦just the certainty that Godâ€™s got His eye on you, that He knows what you are made of, what you need to grow on. Why,questioningâ€™s a sin, itâ€™s pointless. He will show you your path in His own good time. And long as I remember that, Iâ€™m fine.”

Source : Dorothy Allison (2005). “Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel”, p.149, Penguin
“I have read somewhere that we often spend a lifetime searching for what we already have.”
“Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.”

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