"As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive that form which our Lord desires them to have."

-- Madeleine Sophie Barat

#Iron Quotes #Fire Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.”
“Shall we go learn to kiss, to kiss? Never heart could ever miss Comfort, where true meaning is.”

Source : Nicholas Breton (1893). “A Bower of Delights: Being Interwoven Verse and Prose from the Works of Nicholas Breton”
“I'm not against knowing the history of white people in the U.S. - that's not the point. The point is that there's so much greater history. We don't know about Native Americans. Very basically, we don't know that much about African American history, except that they were enslaved. You only get bits and pieces.”

Source : Source: bluemesareview.org
“Now we see how the astronomical evidence supports the biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements in the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis are the same: the chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy.”

Source : "Have Astronomers" by Robert Jastrow, www.nytimes.com. June 25, 1978.
“The difference between congressmen and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors are spending their own money.”
“I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it.”

Source : Robert Carleton Hobbs, Lee Krasner (1993). “Lee Krasner”, Abbeville Press
“I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.”
“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.”

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