#iri

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#difficulties #discourage #grow #human #human spirit

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#books #dead #distant #god #heirs

Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution. ↗

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

#energy #evolution #like #love #love is

If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction. ↗

— Alex Chilton

#anything #coming #conviction #decent #done

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#beautiful person #make #person #self-confident #smile

...you can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands... ↗

— John Geddes

#hands #love #relationships #silence #spirit

I've found a more personal, pagan kind of religion to satisfy the spiritual side of things. ↗

— Julian Clary

#i #kind #more #pagan #personal

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit. ↗

— Jacqueline Cochran

#business #close #even #flying #found

Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#beloved country #confident #constructive #country #future

The fact that religions, which usually have at their core a promotion of tolerance and peace, have been exploited to carry out violence clearly indicates that individuals and groups have not discovered the true "peace message" that is inherent in almost every religion. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 55) ↗

— David R. Smock

#peacebuilding #religion #spirituality #violence #religion