#iri

It's the plain truth: without Richard Parker, I wouldn't be alive today to tell you my story ↗

#life #life-of-pi #richard-parker #inspirational

I see a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young Americans wandering around with rucksacks, going up to mountains to pray, making children laugh and old men glad, making young girls happy and old girls happier, all of 'em Zen Lunatics who go about writing poems that happen to appear in their heads for no reason and also by being kind and also by strange unexpected acts keep giving visions of eternal freedom to everybody and to all living creatures ... ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#freedom

Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for us. We can have all the hell we want. ↗

— Rob Bell

#heaven #hell #spirituality #freedom

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. ↗

— William Law

#alone #christianity #conforming #devotion #enjoyments

It's not our mission to change or direct another person's path. There is no wrong way or right way. We each have our own life journey and our mission is to just become a LIGHT that enlightens other people's pathways. ↗

— Jan Mckingley Hilado

#inspirational #journey #light #mission #path

Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today? ↗

— Billy Graham

#holy-spirit #jesus #selfless-love #selflessness #change

Your spirit is the true shield. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#spirit #true #your

Me? I didn’t believe in hopeless. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#dimitri-s-point-of-view #hopeless #inspiring #richelle-mead #rose-hathaway

An enemy is defeated by keeping quite, a demon by a prayer. ↗

— Andries kumalo

#spiritual #inspirational

There's no devil in the world, we make our own devils ↗