#spirt

Както здравето на тялото зависи от неповредеността на отделните органи; така и здравата държава - от праводействието на народа, който я съставлява. ↗

— Светител Теофан Затворник

#faith #philosophy #religious #spirtual #faith

Evil itself may be relentless. I will grant you that, but love is relentless too. Friendship is a relentless force. Family is a relentless force. Faith is relentless force. The human spirit is relentless, and the human heart outlasts - and can defeat - even the most relentless force of all, which is time. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#force #human-spirt #relentless #faith

Father, forgive them; they don't know what they're doing! ↗

— Anonymous

#forgiveness

And now my past and my future are colliding in a way I never thought possible. ↗

— E.L. James

#inspirtational #life #life

Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward. ↗

— Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

#life

I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet! ↗

— John Green

#inspirtational #life #love #optimism #imagination

Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#love

Even though the discples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on the road. Henceforth, we will catch only a fleeting glimpse of it -- in the study of sacred writings, in other human beings, in liturgy, and in communion with strangers. But these moments remain us that our fellow men and women are themselves sacred; there is something about them taht is worthy of absolute reverence, is in the last resort mysterious, and we will always elude us. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#men

To be awake is to be alive. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#nature #walden #nature

I want people to come away from my book with questions," she says. "Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#virtue