#inspirational

The boy felt jealous of the freedom of the wind, and saw that he could have the same freedom. There was nothing to hold him back except himself. ↗

— Paolo Coehlo

#freedom

...spiritually speaking, here's an important analogy: we're not accountable for how our accomplishments measure up to the gifted person sitting next to us. However, we are accountable for what we do with what we've been given. ↗

— Susie Larson

#experience

Destroy what you have become and become what you did destroy/ ↗

— Muhammed Bhikha

#faith #freedom #inspirational #religious #faith

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free. ↗

— Daniel Delgado F

#freedom #freedom-of-speech #freedom-of-thought #inspirational-quotes #philosophical

Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#haunting #imaginative #inspirational #murder #personal-growth

Until you get the measure of your own soul, Jim, don't be quick to condemn a priest, or anyone else for that matter. I'm not scolding you, sweetheart," she said hurriedly. "It's just that, until you've been there, you can't know what it's like to hold yourself to promises you made in good faith a long time ago. Do you hang in there, or cut your losses? Soldier on, or admit defeat and try to make the best of things?" She'd looked a little sheepish then and admitted, "You know, I used to be a real hardass about stuff like this. No retreat, no surrender! But now? Jimmy, I honestly don't know if the world would be better or worse if we all held ourselves to the vows of our youth. ↗

— Mary Doria Russell

#promises #faith

In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#inspirational #religion #faith

[Christ] will come again. But we must look to Scripture, not human thought, for our guide to preparing. ↗

— David Jeremiah

#faith

You don't need great faith to move mountains, you only need to use the poor faith you say you have. ↗

— Neil Velez

#inspirational #faith