"I've been accused of darkness by my inner light."

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Source : Alison Deming (2016). “Stairway to Heaven: Poems”, p.10, Penguin

Alison Hawthorne Deming

#Light Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Inner Light Quotes

“If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.”
“I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.”
“We live in a world where people don't all have the same scruples, where all blows can be given, and where, in order to down somebody, all means can be used. Nothing will lead me astray from the path that I have chosen.”
“The love shown by our God to mankind should constrain all of us who are followers and disciples of Christ, to do all in our power to see to it that the message of salvation is carried to those of our fellows for whom Christ our Savior was sacrificed but who have not had the benefit of hearing the good news.”
“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.”

Source : James Allen (2016). “The James Allen Companion”, p.312, Simon and Schuster
“My heart broke all over again. I wanted my life back, my mama, but I knew I would never have that. The child I had been was gone with the child she had been. We were new people, and we didn't know each other anymore. I shook my head desperately.”
“Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them?”

Source : Beatrice Webb (1956). “Diaries, 1924-1932”
“Does a rose exist that I might behold it? Or do I exist that a rose might be beheld?”

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