"First the lover must learn charity and keep God's law. Then he shall be blessed a hundredfold, and he shall do great things without great effort, and bear all pain without suffering. And so his life will surpass human reason indeed."

-- Hadewijch

#Christian Quotes #Pain Quotes #Blessed Quotes

“Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end.”
“How can we be scrupulous In a life which, from birth onwards, is so determined To wring us dry of any serenity at all?”
“The earth itself is a great big magnet.”

Source : Edward Leedskalnin (1988). “Magnetic Current”, p.4, Health Research Books
“Hatred makes us all ugly.”
“The library is not a shrine for the worship of books. It is not a temple where literary incense must be burned or where one's one devotion to the bound book is expressed in ritual. A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.”
“It is remarkable indeed how we human beings are capable of delighting in the mating call of a flower while we are surrounded by the charred carcasses of our fellow animals.”
“As I grew older I found that I really had a knack for rhyming and I pursued that. So by thirteen I got serious about using my writing and rhyming skills. I did it everywhere I could.”
“I'm Jewish. Went to a Jewish school.”

Source : "Under the Skin: why did this chilling masterpiece take a decade?". Interview with Danny Leigh, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2014.

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