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Happiness consists in finding out precisely what the "one thing necessary" may be, in our lives, and in gladly relinquishing all the rest. For then, by a divine paradox, we find that everything else is given us together with the one thing we needed. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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When I stop trying to create a life for myself, I find the life God creates for me. When I cease trying to make a name for myself—competing, grasping, pushing my way to the top—His name emerges through the actions of my life. ↗

— Rachel Olsen

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All love tends to become like that which it loves. God loved man; therefore He became man. For nine months her own body was the natural Eucharist, in which God shared communion with human life, thus preparing for that greater Eucharist when human life would commune with the Divine. Mary’s joy was to form Christ in her own body; her joy now is to form Christ in our souls. In this Mystery, we pray to become pregnant with the Christ spirit, giving Him new lips with which He may speak of His Father, new hands with which He may feed the poor, and a new heart with which He may love everyone, even enemies. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

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Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of having a strong testimony, living the principles of the gospel, loving home, wanting to be a mother in Zion, and supporting you in your priesthood responsibilities. Of course, she should be attractive to you.... And one good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are? ↗

— Ezra Taft Benson

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Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. ↗

— Mother Teresa

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But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love. ↗

— Anonymous

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I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go among the lost. Justice caused my high architect to move, Divine omnipotence created me, The highest wisdom, and the primal love. Before me there were no created things But those that last forever—as do I. Abandon all hope you who enter here. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

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Ty, my boy, here's what you tell them. Say it quietly, and sincerely, and like it's the most important thing anyone ever uttered. Tell them, 'Jesus loves you. But I'm his favorite. ↗

— Robin Reardon

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It is easy to have love affairs than to solve math problems but it is easy to learn if you trust God ↗

— Edwin Abejero

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يتبدي الوحي, إذن, لا بوصفه من قبيل المعرفة المعطاة المفروضة علي الوعي كسلطة لا سبيل أمامه إلا لمحض الإذعان والخضوع لها, بقدر ما يمثل نوعا من الاستجابة الخلاقة المطلوبة لوضع إنساني مأزوم لا يقدر الوعي; الذي هو بنية تطورية في جوهرها, علي التعاطي معه في مرحلة دنيا من مراحل تطوره. وهكذا فإن الوحي يتبلور كسند ومعين للوعي, ونقطة ارتكاز يستند إليها في سعيه إلي تجاوز أزمة واقعه, ولا يتبلور أبدا كضد ونقيض يفرض نفسه كسلطة متعالية لا يملك الوعي إلا محض التبعية لها. ↗

— علي مبروك

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