"The apostles were very sure that everything of theirs which had to do with salvation was a gift to them from God. 'Increase our faith' (Lk. 17:5). They did not presume that the fullness of faith would come to them merely because they freely opted for it. They believed, rather, that it was a gift of God which would have to be granted to them."

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John Cassian

#Christian Quotes #Granted Quotes #Salvation Quotes

“Dreamers only dream, but creators bring their dreams into reality.”

Source : Robert Fritz (2014). “The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life”, p.118, Butterworth-Heinemann
“I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut.”
“I wonder how long this word will last, governed exclusively by the merciless, inhuman and immoral criteria of global economy. Seeing the shadow of distant islands, I imagined one still inhabited by a tribe of poets set aside for when, after the middle age of materialism, humanity will have to start to put other values into his existence.”
“One can't help thinking, Daddy, what a colourless life a man is forced to lead, when one reflects that chiffon and Venetian point and hand embroidery and Irish crochet are to him mere empty words. Whereas a woman- whether she is interested in babies or microbes or husbands or poetry or servants or parallelograms or gardens or Plato or bridge- is fundamentally and always interested in clothes.”

Source : Jean Webster (2002). “Daddy-Long-Legs”, p.97, Courier Corporation
“Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel...”
“Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by developing, over the years, a form of language in which many of the archaisms and cliches that had become fashionable were discarded, a language that could serve as an adequate instrument for the writing of fiction in these times.”

Source : "Naguib Mahfouz" by Denys Johnson-Davies, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2006.
“I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing.”
“The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil.”

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