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Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality) ↗

— Mike Yaconelli

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In what will survive me I am in harmony with my annihilation. ↗

— Georges Bataille

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If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him. ↗

— John Newton

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It goes as it does,Argetlam.You cannot hurry perfection. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

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Underestimating people is the beginning of our failure to get respect ↗

— Fekhi

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Why is the truth, it would seem, revealed to some and not to others? Is there a special organ for receiving revelation from God? Yes, though usually we close it and do not let it open up: God’s revelation is given to something called a loving heart. ↗

— Seraphim Rose

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Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! The actual world! The common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we? ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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Everything in this life passes away — only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice: to follow the way of this world, of the society that surrounds us, and thereby find ourselves outside of God; or to choose the way of life, to choose God Who calls us and for Whom our heart is searching. ↗

— Seraphim Rose

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Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations. ↗

— Tim O'Reilly

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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness. ↗

— Aaron Copland

#music #philosophy #inspirational