#spirit

He made a story for all of them, a story to give them strength. The words of the story poured out of his mouth as if they had substance, pebbles and stone extending to hold the corporal up...knees from buckling...hands from letting go of the blanket. ↗

— Leslie Marmon Silko

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What would you say to yourself if you could actually meet a younger you? ↗

— Doug Dillon

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It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ. This involves less reading, less study, less thought, less conflict, and less independent searching, but it also means less growth toward maturity. ↗

— William Coperthwaite

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Make peace with yourself, and both heaven and earth will make peace with you. ↗

— Isaac of Nineveh

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The ice has to face the heat and melt to reach the Ocean. ↗

— Ozay Oktay

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If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another; strike out for yourself; don't listen to the shriek of your relations...don't be afraid of public opinion in the shape of the neighbours in the next house, when all the world is before you new and shining, and everything is possible, if you will only be energetic and independent and seize opportunity by the scruff of the neck. ↗

— Elizabeth von Arnim

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The world may indeed be evil and ugly, I thought defiantly, it may be soiled with sin, but I also knew that when a man lifts his soul up to the vaults of heaven, reaching seraphic heights with the power of his voice, he becomes an eagle soaring, an instrument of the Holy Ghost ↗

— Adriana Koulias

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To move into what God has in mind for you, it is necessary to discover your purpose, to know where you are going, and to understand the reason for your existence. ↗

— Pedro Okoro

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I spend a lot of time looking up. ↗

— Erica Goros

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We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity. ↗

— Allan Lokos

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