#sweetness

As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

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People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#distress #i #just #light #observed

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#dew #finds #heart #laughter #little

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#esteemed #friend #friendship #left #life

The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#best #creature #daughter #gentleman #goodness

Sweetness eliminates gravity and thus a man with a heavy burden of life starts feeling like floating in the air before sweetness. ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#life

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#mouths #old #old people #our #people

For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter. ↗

— Marie de France

#all things #because #dare #high #i

What's wrong with sweetness and light? It's been around quite awhile. ↗

— Richard Rodgers

#awhile #been #light #quite #sweetness

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year. ↗

— William Safire

#fighting #known #light #political #previously