#kin

Don't mistake activity with achievement. ↗

— John Wooden

#acquirement #act #action #activity #attainment

When God looks at you, he doesn’t see you; he sees the One who surrounds you. That means that failure is not a concern for you. Your victory is secure. ↗

— Max Lucado

#security

We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#freethinking #religion #science #spirituality #nature

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen ↗

— Rita Rudner

#science

Hope abides; therefore I abide. Countless frustrations have not cowed me. I am still alive, vibrant with life. The black cloud will disappear, The morning sun will appear once again In all its supernal glory. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

#inspirational #positive-thinking #inspirational

It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things, the me inside me. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#thought-provoking #life

You can think all you can but don't publicize all your thoughts ↗

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

#thoughts #life

Look out! He's got a daisy! ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#making-money #humor

Linda Boone; Intimate Life Lessons: developing the intimacy with God you already have. ↗

— Linda Boone

#intimacy #real-love #soaking #life

Nor did he care about his childhood, for certainly I never heard him speak of it. I once questioned him about his early days and he would not answer. ‘What is the egg to the eagle?’ he asked me… ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#human-nature #living #perspective #quote #quotes