"What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground for greater trust, stronger hope, and deeper love."

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Henri Nouwen

#Blessing Quotes #Agony Quotes #Stronger Quotes

“Fair is whatever God wants to do.”

Source : Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.294, Atlantic Monthly Press
“You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.”
“How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three determining factors, we are somewhat limited in the proper use of color in rooms.”
“Learn to laugh. Seriousness is a sin, and it is a disease. Laughter has tremendous beauty, a lightness. It will bring lightness to you, and it will give you wings to fly. And life is so full of opportunities. You just need the sensitivity. And create chances for other people to laugh. Laughter should be one of the most valued, cherished qualities of human beings - because only man can laugh, no animals are capable of it. Because it is human, it must be of the highest order. To repress it is to destroy a human quality.”
“Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any.”
“Letâ€™s put â€˜Christâ€™ back into Christmas”
“I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.”
“Had laws not been, we never had been blam'd; For not to know we sinn'd is innocence.”

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