#given

On Jesus' rock, my life abounds; all other floors are slippery grounds. His love for me, is mercy band; any other love is sinking sand. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#band #begotten-son #bible #christ #floor

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#forgiveness

Freedom is never given; it is won. ↗

— A. Philip Randolph

#given #never #won

A week of sweeping fogs has passed over and given me a strange sense of exile and desolation. I walk round the island nearly every day, yet I can see nothing anywhere but a mass of wet rock, a strip of surf, and then a tumult of waves. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#day #desolation #every #every day #exile

I have a hard time defending the production of candy, given that it is basically crack for children and makes them dependent in unwholesome ways. ↗

— Steve Almond

#candy #children #crack #defending #dependent

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#benefits #carry #forgive #forgiven #great

The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#given #gospel #greatest #race #spiritual

Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day. ↗

— John Bracken

#century #conditions #day #fit #given

I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world. ↗

— Anthony Braxton

#could #creator #discipline #discovered #gift

I can always forgive where I understand. ↗

— Jude Morgan

#understanding #forgiveness