"Grace strikes us when we are in great pain ....Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying, 'You are accepted.'"

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Source : Paul Tillich (1962). “The Shaking of the Foundations”, New York : C. Scribner's Sons

Paul Tillich

#Pain Quotes #Light Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.”
“The correlations between real life experience and the storylines in novels are never as direct or simple as they might seem.”
“One is hard pressed to think of universal customs that man has successfully established on earth. There is one, however, of which he can boast the universal adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numerals to record numbers. In this we perhaps have man's unique worldwide victory of an idea.”
“My time as showrunner on The Walking Dead has been an amazing experience, but after I finish season three, itâ€™s time to move on. I have told the stories I wanted to tell and connected with our fans on a level that I never imagined. It doesnâ€™t get much better than that. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of this journey.”
“Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.”
“The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.”
“The fans don't know how much I love them so. It really can get to a hurting feeling inside due to how strong I love them all.”
“Theres something incredible about putting a helmet on just before a game; its a feeling only a football player knows. Your vision narrows, and the whole world shrinks. You cant hear much of what goes on outside you, but you can hear yourself breathe and you can feel yourself sweat.”

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