I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one and the same. For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me - as a girl and later as a woman - to want or expect it, but I did, and this unjustified desire has been at the root of every problem I have experienced in my life.
Lisa SeeTag: thought-provoking
Shattered by the cumulative effect of so much horror and death, Joan was again afflicted by a crisis of faith. How could a good and benevolent God let such a thing happen? How could He so terribly afflict even children and babies, who were not guilty of any sin?
Donna Woolfolk CrossTag: thought-provoking religous
Don't use yesterday's state of mind, to make today's decision.
C. Nzingha SmithTag: motivational life inspirational think thought-provoking
Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries—but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.
Ransom RiggsTag: stars earth mystery thought-provoking
If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be.
E.A. BucchianeriTag: christianity god religion christian unity thought-provoking catholic christ catholic-author theological one-christ-one-church
Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the
world. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.
Tag: pain god goodness human-nature suffering good satan christian thought-provoking catholic good-and-evil catholic-author blame gadfly blame-game suffering-of-humanity sufferings
If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power.
E.A. BucchianeriTag: inspirational pain power god death suffering sin salvation jesus philosophical death-and-dying christian thought-provoking cross catholic redemption christ catholic-author good-friday gadfly suffering-jesus purpose-of-pain purpose-of-suffering reason-for-suffering reason-of-pain theological
Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country?
Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.
Socrates: How so, Plato?
Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a
sculptor.
Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have
no need to be reminded.
Plato: That is correct.
Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.
Tag: wisdom liberty freedom philosophy words-of-wisdom freedom-of-thought philosophical philosophers christian thought-provoking catholic plato socrates catholic-author gadfly citizens civil-liberty free-country
When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
EpictetusTag: wisdom philosophy thought-provoking sayings epictetus talk-is-cheap
He was a dying man looking down on the surgeons trying to save him.
John GreenTag: humor death thought-provoking
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