#ay

The words were unexpected, but so incisively true. So much of prayer is like that - an encounter with a truth that has sunk to the bottom of the heart, that wants to be found, wants to be spoken, wants to be elevated into the realm of sacredness. ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#meditation #prayer #inspirational

If you think you know everything; you know nothing. If you think you know nothing; you know something. ↗

— Jayce O'Neal

#inspirational #jayce #oneal #humor

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#cause #champagne #heels #high #high heels

Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#prayer #inspirational

Keeping demons from this world is your mandate, a mandate from heaven. And a mandate from heaven isn't something you can just ignore. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#inspirational #speech #inspirational

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#born #countries #crises #dying #egypt

[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like patchwork in their lives. ↗

— Nancy E. Turner

#death #play-therapy #therapy #death

Student: why do dumb people ignore wise people. Teacher: Because, the dumb people believe they are the wise people. ↗

— Jayce O'Neal

#humor #inspirational #jayce #jayceoneal #humor

What would you know about it?" he said. "Love, I mean." Dorothea folded her soft white hands in her lap. "More than you might think," she said. "Didn't I read your tea leaves, Shadowhunter? Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?" Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself." Dorothea roared at that. "At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland." "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love

In an angry fit, my mother had called him an airhead, who couldn't find his brain even if it came knocking on his door. ↗

— Jayde Scott

#humor-inspirational #jayde-scott #humor