#rays

Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'. ↗

— Edith Stein

#every #holy #holy spirit #living #means

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#chief #forgotten #generally #his #life

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#his #industry #instead #judgment #only

Sometimes we intentionally blind ourselves. We find poor substitutes for the things we lack: friends, family, love. And that substitute becomes almost addictive, to the point where we continue to try to turn it into the real thing, or convince ourselves it’s better than having nothing in its stead. But, Kitty, when you do find the real thing, you’ll wonder why you ever settled for anything less. ↗

— Caitlin Elyse

#heaven-prays-hell-preys #immortal-wars #family

You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together. ↗

— John Green

#isaac #romantic #togetherness #will-grayson #romantic

I would lean forward and trace my hands down your arms and curve my neck into yours and let you turn into me and rest there for a while and when you were ready, i'd kiss you once and lift myself away, sit back on your bed and wait for you there, just so we could lie there, and you could hold me and i could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but being awake in it together. ↗

— John Green

#will-grayson-will-grayson #love

Each one prays to God according to his own light. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#each #god #his #light #own

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#democracy #essence #fighting #greater #own

It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this. ↗

— Steve Albini

#betrays #him #his #hubris #i

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

#debate #go #least #leave #light