It Will Be Beautiful. Quotes
Everything we do for God will be the overflow of intimacy with God.
The more I read arguments for atheism, the more I am convinced it takes a very strong faith to be an atheist. And atheism seems to me the least reasonable of all faiths.
When you look at Van Gogh, Jesus, Buddha, Mother Teresa from a "fiscal" perspective, they were homeless. When you look at them from a humanityperspective, they were priceless.
Our eyes tell us what we want to believe, but our heart tells us only the simple truth
I won't cry because it came to an end, but I will smile because it happened
I guess god simply wants me to meet many wrong people before I meet the right one.
Life is not just something that happens to us it has its lessons for us.
His eyebrows pulled in. “You won’t leave me, right? Even when I’m a pain in the ass?”“I vowed in front of God – and Elvis – that I wouldn’t, didn’t I?
I'll drive like my grandma. I'll drive like your grandma.""You wouldn't say that if you knew my gramma.
Look at him, ” she said, shaking her head. “Travis Maddox: Mr. Mom.
I need another drink!” I said as a second attempt to change the subject. “Shots!” America yelled. Shepley rolled his eyes. “Oh, yeah. That’s what you need, another shot.
No one is climbing the spiritual ladder. We don't continually improve until we are so spiritual we no longer need God. We die and are made new, but that's different from spiritual self-improvement.
Grace isn't meant to be fair, grace is meant to be good
Learning the way of grace is about truth. It’s reconciling the truth, of both our own infinite value and of others’ infinite value—despite our depths ofbrokenness.
If I release my bird from its cage, I think I have given it freedom as I watch it fly away. But, what good to the bird is its freedom if its mind is still in the cage?
The bird flying free has no interest in the truth, searching, or looking for a deeper meaning. The bird flying free just "is" and that is why it is free.
The expensive car you bought doesn’t matter, but the way you treated the salesman did.
Dwelling on the past is like dragging a boat over dry land.
When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control, we practice listening (without judging), compassion, and love
When you change the way you feel, it changes the way you think. When you change the way you think, you change the way you deal with everything in life.
Everything is in the root. If you pick the weed without getting the root out of the soil, be assured, it is going to grow back.
You know that you won’t remain Centered all the time, and it is a normal part of human life to drift left or right of Center sometimes.
Grandfather : Death is nothing to be afraid of.Renee : It's not death I'm afraid of.Grandfather: What is it,
Sometimes the way to personal freedom seems scary - Take the first step to begin the release of doubt and fear. Each new step builds confidence. Breathe. Don't look back.
Stairway to Hell or Yellow Brick Road? Why don't you give your Magic 8 Ball a shake and see if it's ready to play again.
Real change happens on the level of the gesture. It's one person doing one thing differently than he or she did before.
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon
But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt.Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.
It's not the substance of what you make known to me that's beautiful
People are amazingly beautiful not because of how they look
Every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it.
Sometimes, we just have to have enough faith to practice patience and not let our impatience morph into doubt.
...if He has a message to get across to us, He will continually reaffirm what He has said through a variety of ways.
Sometimes answers come to you in ways that only you can understand. That is why it is so important to have a clear mind to receive and understand the message.
The universe falls in love with you
The ordinary people of Africa tended not to have room in their hearts for hatred. They were sometimes foolish, like people anywhere, but they did not bear grudges, as Mr Mandela had shown the world.
Your grief is something to be admired – the pain of severance. A scar where something used to be.
You have to recognize your inability to love before you can love the way God loves. His version of love is unfamiliar to the natural world
Imagine all the wondrous things your arms might embrace if they weren't wrapped so tightly around your struggles.
Music without the ebb and flow would be like "watching a film with only good guys in it." -attrib Frank Zappa
But in her heart she truly believed she was a better lady than Lady Dorothea ever was. Was it wrong to think she was nobler in her heart than the true nobleman's daughter?
Love is a beautiful burn in the quiet corner of the heart that will not be ignored.
Speak to the breeze cautiously during those lonely summer nights.
Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul.