#sustenance

Keith: Sometimes God grants us sustenance. But God also grants us deliverance. It’s only a matter of time. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#faith #sustenance #trials #faith

From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain and nourish all the world. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#eyes #fire #nourishment #sustenance #women

It's interesting to fantasize having a man sink his teeth into your neck for sustenance, knowing that it isn't going to be terribly painful but rather very exciting. ↗

— Frank Langella

#fantasize #going #having #his #interesting

As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#contains #divine #earth #feed #find

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#between #destroying #drawing #each #faith

If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#alcohol #expedition #food #journey #pleasure

We are touched by magic wands. For just a fraction of our day life is perfect, and we are absolutely happy and in harmony with the earth. The feeling passes much too quickly. But the memory – and the anticipation of other miracles – sustains us in the battle indefinitely. ↗

— John Nichols

#earth #harmony #magic #miracles #nature

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#mandated #others #promotion #religion #requirement

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#because #being #challenging #find #identity

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#african americans #benefits #currently #daily #depend