"The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption."

-- Dean Koontz

#Pain Quotes #Giving Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Worship is a meeting at the center so that our lives are centered in God and not lived eccentrically. We worship so that we live in response to and from this center, the living God. Failure to worship consigns us to a life of spasms and jerks, at the mercy of every advertisement, every seduction, every siren. Without worship we live manipulated and manipulating lives. We move in either frightened panic or deluded lethargy as we are, in turn, alarmed by specters and soothed by placebos. If there is no center, there is no circumference.”
“I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.”
“While the official productivity data look impressive, alternative measures that are equally reasonable show a much more subdued picture.”
“Sing songs that none have sung”
“Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable.”
“Carol Guess's poems are sexy, intuitive, angry, and hopeful. These lyrical narratives measure the impossibly small distance between love and fear. They are a reminder that we're all vulnerable little vessels filled by the people who can break us.”
“Life can give you strength. Strength can come from facing the storms of life, from knowing loss, feeling sadness and heartache, from falling into the depths of grief. You must stand up in the storm. You must face the wind and the cold and the darkness. When the storm blows hard you must stand firm, for it is not trying to knock you down, it is really trying to teach you to be strong.”
“The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Redemption is inconceivable without truth and holiness.”

Source : Roland Allen (2012). “The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen”, p.27, The Lutterworth Press

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