763 quotes found
“Our lives were now worlds apart, separated by time, circumstance, and the unbridgeable chasm of money.”
“For parents, the days are long but the years are short.”
“They say that, if we manage to live without too great an effort, it is entirely owing to the automatism which makes us unconscious of a great part of our movements. In order to take one single step...”
“To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love.”
“David talked often about how discouraged or fearful he would become at times. Then he would interject these words, "But then I entered the sanctuary..." Being in God's presence affects all other re...”
“Love is as much a question of the will as it is of the emotion. And if you will to love somebody, you can. - Ravi Zacharias' brother”
“In the early days of marriage, joy precedes the act. Tragically, as the years go by joy can be severed from the act until finally, the act itself is no more. This ought not to be. Over time it is t...”
“Each time I discovered a potential link between one characters story and anothers, several more connections would reveal themselves, like a beautiful, complex web spinning itself.”
“Prayer implies surrender to the will of the giver, demand preconceives a right to receive. Pray, my dear, and you shall receive.”
“North Carolina has a monument to [Peter Francisco], and no one knows that. That's the kind of stuff that drives me.”
“When we infuse our actions with a focus on God and on the many blessings we receive in even the most mundane moments of our lives, we create sacred rituals that bring a sense of holiness, a sense o...”
“When we link our eating and our prayer and begin to see food as part of a much bigger picture, rather than the focal point of our entire lives, we reshape the way we think, the way we act, and the ...”
“Even if you cant be totally mindful at every meal, if you can say a blessing, silently if necessary, or offer up a prayer for someone, something beyond yourself and your food, the prayer helps to t...”
“Taken slowly, or mindfully, even eating an orange or a bowl of soup, or a small piece of dark chocolate for that matter, can take on the flavor or prayer.”
“Id want them to know that everyone has their own rules for living and few people actually live by them all. So, although I may not have lived up to all of my rules and expectations in this book, Id...”
“Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Every...”
“Discipline sets you free.”
“Believe that you did wrong and continue to work hard for not being wrong”
“If you rob too much from one person, it becomes murder. If you steal little by little, it looks like business. Just find a way to refine it. The Internet has made it possible to connect to the whol...”
“The most welcome and painful moments of the life is within marriage.”
