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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#church #collapse #england #house #i

I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#articulate #comes #day #easy #find

There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,' returned the nephew. 'Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that- as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! ↗

— Charles Dickens

#forgiveness

I feel so sorry that many Christians live in bondage even though Jesus has signed their release form with His own blood. ↗

— Brother Yun

#forgiveness

In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature. ↗

— Patrick White

#enjoyed #especially #every #fact #french

People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic. ↗

— Ron White

#because #drink #i #only #people

Most of us take for granted that time flies, meaning that it passes too quickly. But in the mindful state, time doesn't really pass at all. There is only a single instant of time that keeps renewing itself over and over with infinite variety. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#time #life

Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#him #i #man #much #only

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below. ↗

— Angus Wilson

#below #breathing #central #charged #early

Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#future #past #trap #yourself #forgiveness