#ali

Passion presented with a greater challenge achieves a greater goal. -- from The Sexual Side of Spirituality ↗

#metaphysics #passion #sexuality #spirituality #life

There is no conscience in a real war. ↗

[T]he commitment to a framework neutral among ends can be seen as a kind of value [...] but its value consists precisely in its refusal to affirm a preferred way of life or conception of the good. ↗

— Michael J. Sandel

#liberalism #life

He broke me down past the flesh, past the muscle, past the bone, down to my soul and in a loud provocation, he asked, “What are you made of?” After I gathered the broken bits and pieces of my life together, I shouted at the top of my lungs, “HOPE! Unbreakable, undeniable, irrevocable hope! ↗

— Jay Grewal

#enlightenment #god #hope #inspirational #motivational

...I realized that rewards are not the goal- if one seeks the ultimate it will elude you. The reward is life itself, in its richness, in its sadness, and joy. ↗

— Valerie Ann Worwood

#healing-the-emotiinal-self #mind-body-spirit #life

Life was fragile and love was, too. At any moment, even our happiest ones, our world could shatter and we wouldn’t see it coming. There was only more loss ahead, showing its ugly face when we least expected it. ↗

— Donna Freitas

#life #realizations #life

I was all the time tugging and carrying water. But now I have a river that carries me. ↗

— D.L. Moody

#river-of-life #spirituality #life

Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#image #morality #life

Motherhood doesn't have a nationality ↗

— Melinda Cross

#child #country #harlequin #life #mom

Poetry is nothing if it exists only in books. One has to find it in one's own life. ↗