"It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity."

-- John of Kronstadt

#Prayer Quotes #Heart Quotes #Simplicity Quotes

“Cram nailed his colours to the mast and threw down the Great Pretender”
“I think his [Donald's Trump] objection would be to biased and unfair, which is not the way he characterize "Fox News" to me, anyway. But we're all looking for objective coverage.”
“I didn't mean to interupt you if you were looking for your friends Miss--' 'Callihan,' but you can call my Jasmine. Or Jas.' Or Snookums. Honeybunch. Hotsie Totsie Cowgirl. My Little-- 'It's nice to meet you Jasmine, I'm Jack.”
“When you're a child you're the center of everything. Everything happens for you. Other people? They're only ghosts furnished for you to talk to.”
“I was a married woman and I had a baby. I would have adored it, but I just couldn't do it because I'm a lady.”
“What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt.”
“If you can't afford the good food or if you can't afford health care or if you don't have a job or if your car is dangerous because you can't get it fixed and you DIE, you just lost the game-bzzzzz-thanks for playing extreme capitalism.”

Source : Marc Maron (2013). “Attempting Normal”, p.165, Spiegel & Grau
“My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.”

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