#us

Suffering teaches joy. ↗

— Sonia Rumzi

#happiness #joy #life #pain #suffering

Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#christianity #god #jesus-christ #philosophy #satan

And you would have lost. We were surrounded. He threatened your life, and he would have made good on that threat. He had you, and that meant he had me, too. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#hush-hush #patch-and-nora #patch-cipriano #silence #sweet

We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#christianity #god #holy #jesus #jesus-christ

The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don't know whether pop music has caused this unhappiness, but I do know that they've been listening to the sad songs longer than they've been living the unhappy lives. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#music #pop #romance #sadness #life

The more you love music, the more music you love. ↗

— Tom Moon

#life

A woman's got one life: She's got to reach out and grab it with both hands, or it'll pass her by and leave nothing but a smelly old fart in her face. ↗

— Robin Schone

#history #romance #scandalous-lovers #women #life

And all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living. ↗

— Alison Croggon

#living #music #singing #song #life

With the world's fate resting on your shoulder - you're gonna need someone on your side. You can't do it by yourself any longer - you're gonna need someone on your side. ↗

— Morrissey

#humor #life #lyrics #music #friendship

A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do. ↗

— Laini Taylor

#mark-twain #mustaches #humor