"The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Life Quotes #Change Quotes #Deep Thought Quotes

“You know I told the Lord, "Why can't I just move in healing and forget talking about all that other stuff." He said: " Because, Todd, you've got to get the people to believe in the angel". I said, "Why do I want people to believe in the angel. Isn't it about the people believing in Jesus?" He said, "The people already believe in Jesus but the church doesn't believe in the supernatural."”
“Ask God for forgiveness. Seek forgiveness from those you have wronged. Forgive those who have wronged you. Forgive yourself.”
“The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.”
“It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all.”

Source : William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.22
“On the streets of the city They have taken my Who-I-Am As well as my What-I-Was And now I am desperate for them both Again”
“The fear of hell is the basis for the Christian faith.”
“When one man says, â€œNo, I wonâ€™t,â€ Rome begins to fear.”
“It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilization.”

Source : M.L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans: A Novel”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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