#love

Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. 'The kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing who would ever have been spared' (Luther). ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christianity #cross #enemies #inspirational #love

Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love the analytical and hard business side of it. ↗

— Christie Hefner

#also #analytical #being #business #creative

I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#doing #down #especially #fun #had

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#child #different #different people #go #i

You can have everything in the world, but if you don't have love, none of it means crap," he said promptly. "Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure: faith, hope, and love." And the greatest of these is love," I finished. "That's from the Bible." First Corinthians, chapter thirteen," Thomas confirmed. "I paraphrased. Father makes all of us memorize that passage. Like when parents put those green yucky-face stickers on the poisonous cleaning products under the kitchen sink. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#humor #love #thomas-raith #faith

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#long #love #may #wish #you

It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#inspirational #life #love #relationships #faith

We would love to have other children. It hasn't happened. We haven't been lucky enough. ↗

— Marg Helgenberger

#children #enough #happened #hasn #haven

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#because #been #before #director #get

Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can - working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well! Impatience, on the other hand, is a symptom of selfishness. It is a trait of the self-absorbed. It arises from the all too-prevalent condition called "center of the universe" syndrome, which leads people to believe that the world revolves around them and that all others are just supporting cast in the grand theater of mortality in which only they have the starring role. ↗

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf April

#patience #faith