Joy Quotes
Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.
The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality, thus permitting an entirely new anthropological understanding.
Past experiences are doubtful food for Christians
What is love for, if not to intensify our affections—both in life and death? But, O, do not be bitter. It is tragically self-destructiveto be bitter.
And like anyone who is in valiant pursuit of a dream, the ups and downs come and go, but the dream lives in the heart forever.
I begin by imagining The impossibleAnd end by accomplishingThe impossible.
The conversations of men had always been muddy rivers, the surface's roiling a reflection of what's buried, but the bottom some mysterious thing that would always be hidden.
She simply didn't have an interest in men anymore. It wasn't that she didn't like them, she just knew how easily they broke.
It probably takes many years of monastic practice to equal the spiritual growth generated by one sleepless night with a sick child.
Sometimes the people who are the hardest to love are the ones who need it most.
When I wake from my nightmaresI’m more afraid of the breath in my lungs than whatever might be chasing me.
You do not need to pay attention to those voices within you that create pain, or make you feel less competent, smart or able.
Suffering can give us opportunities to witness. The world is a gigantic hospital
Straight tribulation is easier to bear than tribulation which advertises itself as pleasure.
If we feel secureIn the depths of our heart, We shall not challenge anybody, For inner confidenceIs nothing short ofComplete satisfaction.
To make the fastest progress, Be an absolutely cheerfulHero-warriorAnd take both victory and failureAs parallel experience riversLeading to the sea Of progress-delight.
In between your failure-treeAnd your triumph-tree, The tree that is growingIs known as your patience-tree.
The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.
The resurrection of Christ changed the midnight of bereavement into a sunrise of reunion
Sometimes, the most graceful way to handle something is to be decidedly ungraceful.
Falling in love is not based on the length of time you spend together
Relying only on logic, on what can be factually established, may inform or intimidate, but it will rarely stir anyone into action or change.
The language of the heartIs the only languageThat everybody can understand.
Life as time passes may become stale that’s why we have got to believe that the best things are yet to come.
Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that's right for each of us. (January 15)
We call them feelings because we feel them.
Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear.
Withholding love is a bit like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Those are exactly the kind of memories I try to avoid, but they're like abestos: invisible and deadly. You need special gear to get rid of them.
I want to live my life in such a way that it colors my things with memories.
We used to believe that memories were best retrieved in the same place that they were first laid down. Like everything else we think we know, that's not so clear anymore.
When we let the expectations of others or own unreasonable self-expectations rule, we silence the power of our Legacies.
Even though you can't control outcomes for your child, you can parent unconditionally with all your heart.
What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion
I want her sinful arms wrapped around me, bloodied and angry and triumphant in shame.
An "attack on SeaWorld" might mean a bomb, or it might mean graffiti and glitter and a cream pie in the face. The government doesn't always seem to distinguish between the two.
I admired her choices though I wouldn't have made them.
I wish I knew all the answers, how to be perfect, attractive and witty. But I’m just a human being with all the regular faults and it seems no matter how hard I try, I can’t change that.
That is why I often find myself at such cross-purposes with the modern world: I have been a converted Pagan living among apostate Puritans.
All acts of kindness are lights in the war for justice.