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The Church's stand on birth control is the most absolutely spiritual of all her stands and with all of us being materialists at heart, there is little wonder that it causes unease. I wish various fathers would quit trying to defend it by saying that the world can support 40 billion. I will rejoice the day when they say: This is right whether we all rot on top of each other or not, dear children, as we certainly may. Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding... ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#birth-control #sanctity-of-life #life

The conundrum of sanity and insanity, is that it serves us to be some of each. It's really only a question of degrees. You cannot possibly be 100% adjusted and live in this INSANE world. A little bit of crazy is a coping skill. ↗

— Kelli Jae Baeli

#insane #insanity #philosophy-of-life #sane #sanity

I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead. ↗

— Anita Baker

#life-lessons #proactive #seize-the-day #take-control-of-your-fate #life

When the mind is truly at peace, wherever you are is pleasant, Whether you live in a marketplace or in a mountain hermitage. ↗

— Baisao

#life

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#blush #born #cale #desert #die

... when someone sees a soul disturbed and unable to see something, he won't laugh mindlessly, but he'll take into consideration whether it has come from a brighter life and is dimmed through not having yet become accustomed to the dark or whether it has come from greater ignorance into greater light and is dazzled by the increased brillance. ↗

— Plato

#light #plato #republic #soul #life

I am Christ as he was. He is not important; his way is important," Bobby answered. "Tell us about the way," another Evangel in the crowd asked. "Love is the way; hate is not the way. "Kindness is the way. Humility is the way. Beauty is the way. "Pride is not the way. Arrogance is not the way. Boasting is not the way. "Giving is the way. Taking is not the way. "Follow the way and it will lead you to God. Jesus is the way. "The way is in each of you. You are your own master and savior. ↗

— Randy Attwood

#beauty

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#accept #drink #love #offer #people

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. ↗

— Erica Jong

#fear-of-flying #love #love

Everything's explained by the constant intervention of Allah. And whatever happens had to happen, and was decreed at the beginning of time, and there's no way of even imagining how anything could have been different from what it is. ↗

— Paul Bowles

#imagination