#souls

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#beloved #caress #child #entirely #feed

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#displeased #god #him #himself #love

It's not that," said Magnus "There are some people - people the universe seems to have singled out for special destinies. Special favors and special torments. God knows we're all drawn toward what's beautiful and broken; I have been, but some people cannot be fixed. Or if they can be, it's only by love and sacrifice so great that it destroys the giver. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-lost-souls #jace-lightwood #magnus-bane #mortal-instruments #beauty

If they would teach us from the time we're little to meditate and get in touch with all that our souls know, we wouldn't fight so much. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#get #know #little #meditate #much

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls. ↗

— Kid Rock

#capable #good #good people #got #hearts

The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others. ↗

— Auguste Rodin

#better #color #differ #drawing #expression

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul the Second, and Billy Graham. Each showed, in their own way, the relentless and powerful influence of the message of Jesus Christ. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#billy graham #christ #christianity #comfortable #complacent

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#characters #emerged #massive #most #out

The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. ↗

— Lord Jeffrey

#inferior #intellects #little #may #sign

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. ↗

— Socrates

#immortal #men #righteous #souls