#beloved

Ah, Catylast, can it be that you do not see all the changes you have made? Some by your resignation and acceptance of circumstance, some by your wild struggles. You say that you hate change, but you *are* change. The Fool in Fool's Fate ↗

— Robin Hobb

#catalyst #robin-hobb #the-fool #change

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#actual #afforded #always #beloved #careful

For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint. ↗

— Marie de France

#ask #before #beloved #bond #constraint

pain has its own timetable. You can't rush it. You can't forgive somebody before you're ready. You can't tell anybody else how to reach that point. ↗

— Diane Wilson

#forgiveness

I am beloved by millions. ↗

— Howie Mandel

#beloved #i #i am #millions

Tricked by desire, mastered by love, rescued by beloved! What else you want to know about humans? ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#desire #human-behavior #love #need #love

To all the true lovers: Your unconditional love is the reason why flowers bloom. To all the beloveds: You are the reason why universe came into existence. ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#existence #love #lover #motivation #universe

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#christianity #gentleness #god #identity #tenderness

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. ↗

— John Adams

#beloved #considered #desire #discovered #dispositions

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one's beloved. ↗

— Russell Baker

#age #beloved #confessing #else #fashion