582 quotes found
“Memories are fragile”
“Time heals all wounds”
“Every act intends some good.”
“I don't know anything anymore”
“The main character, Gene Moore, is shown how much of his identity is wrapped up in his career and potential in that career. When he comes home from war no longer able to see himself as a baseball p...”
“To be rejected by someone doesn't mean you should also reject yourself or that you should think of yourself as a lesser person. It doesn't mean that nobody will ever love you anymore. Remember that...”
“You are the cause of your suffering. That means that you alone have the power to change it.”
“Grace isn't meant to be fair, grace is meant to be good”
“May we take responsibility for the truth of our lives and challenge others to do the same.May we learn to love and forgive others, even when we know their messes.against us.May we know the truth of...”
“Learning the way of grace is about truth. Its reconciling the truth, of both our own infinite value and of others infinite valuedespite our depths ofbrokenness.”
“Yes, I understand why things had to happen this way. I understand his reason for causing me pain. But mere understanding does not chase away the hurt. It does not call upon the sun when dark clouds...”
“Stop trying to 'fix' yourself”
“You can't solve a spiritual problem with a physical solution.”
“I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.”
“Love is never supposed to hurt. Love is supposed to heal, to be your haven from misery, to make living fucking worthwhile.”
“It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams.”
“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point ...”
“Life is full of challenges. In the end, it's getting up that pulls us through the dark days. So we can admire the sunset.”
“Life is full of challenges. In the end it's getting up that pulls us through the dark day's. So that we can admire the sunset”
“Fear is the will's little baby. It arises with the possibility you will lose what you desire.”
“Letting him goThere is a particular kind of suffering to be experienced when you love something greater than yourself. A tender sacrifice. Like the pained silence felt in the lost song of a mermaid”
“Happiness is the sense that my life is good because my biological needs are being met. Meaning is the sense that my life is significant because it has met the needs of another. Happiness bestows th...”
“Because I did not understand the difference between meaning and happiness, I did not appreciate that life could be meaningful without being happy. I didnt understand that meaning and happiness are ...”
“Thoroughly selfish individuals can be entirely happy. They will be unlikely to find life very meaningful. To such individuals, meaning often seems accidental, coincidental, or tangential The reaso...”