#con

To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy. ↗

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

#trees #faith

In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#faith

To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments and enduring to the end. ↗

— Robert D. Hales

#elder #mormon #twelve-apostles #faith

Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the children’s strength and wastes the love of the elders, which acts and warms even if it doesn’t comprehend. Don’t ask for advice from them and don’t expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is strength and blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#children #love #parent #parents #unconditional-love

Indeed, a quick glance around this broken world makes it painfully obvious that we don't need more arguments on behalf of God; we need more people who live as if they are in covenant with Unconditional Love, which is our best definition of God. (p. 21) ↗

— Robin R. Meyers

#faith #love #theology #unconditional-love #faith

The deep roots never doubt spring will come. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#doubt #faith #spring #trust #faith

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction. ↗

— Criss Jami

#certainty #confidence #conviction #definition #faith

Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confidence #confirmation #confirmed #creativity #error

Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it. ↗

— John R.W. Stott

#conservatism #faith #radicalism #faith

If you can admit that you haven't yet understood everything, faith can fill the emptiness in heart to confront the hesitation. ↗

— Toba Beta

#emptiness-in-heart #faith #hesitation #understanding #faith