#ares

Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy. ↗

— Hamlin Garland

#am #blood #brain #cares #city

I daresay I was the worst bed partner in five continents. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#continents #daresay #five #i #partner

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#christ #christianity #contrast #declares #eternal

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares. ↗

— William Law

#cares #certainly #christian #christian life #death

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. ↗

— Stanislaw Lec

#books #doubled #lives #pleasure #reading

If something scares me, then I have to do it. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#me #scares #something #then

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#dying #easy #living #me #scares

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#beloved #caress #child #entirely #feed

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#alone #confidence #dearest #friends #god

The idea of going back to college scares me, and I didn't even go. I went to college for one year, two semesters. If you add up the total time, I probably didn't even go one semester. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#back #college #even #go #going