"But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It's a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright."

-- Bob Goff

#Sacrifice Quotes #Sign Language Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Go into the largest livestock operation, search out the darkest and tiniest stall or pen, single out the filthiest, most forlorn little lamb or pig or calf, and that is one of God's creatures you're looking at, morally indistinguishable from your beloved Fluffy or Frisky.”

Source : Matthew Scully (2003). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.44, Macmillan
“I've always had to do things my way; I play guitar my way; I've taken myself to the edges of life my way; I've gotten clean my way; And I'm still here. Whether or not I deserve to be is another story.”
“I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.”
“But as the years went on, I realised that what I really want to be, all told, is a human. Just a productive, honest, courteously treated human.”
“When you oppose the shaykh, it's like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel?He says, So my master will suffer loss.”
“Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic.”
“But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.”
“Knowledge and action combined can win over any adversity known to man.”

Source : Karen Hawkins (2010). “One Night in Scotland”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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