#person

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#defiance #despair #done #god #greatest

To think because you have been “saved” that you are now sane is insanity. God doesn’t fix the mind. He only gives you opportunities to have moments of clarity. It is your job to climb the mountain and see above the clouds for yourself, not to believe the congregation's interpretation of the view. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#brainwashed #personal-truth #religion #seeking-god #testimony

...what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ... ↗

— John Geddes

#persons #respect #sacred #wise-words #respect

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#person

I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#person

What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person. ↗

— John Green

#person

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#self-disclosure #person

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#peeta #person

Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place? ↗