Favorite Quotations
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Continual Feast: Words of Comfort & Celebration, Collected by Father Tim
For every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being. ~ Ba’al Shem Tov What does love look like? It has hands to help others. It has feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of humankind. That is what love looks like. ~ St. Augustine There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved; it is God’s finger on man’s shoulder. ~ Charles Morgan Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it? ~ Gao Xingjian Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox Put love first. Entertain thoughts that give life And when a thought or resentment, or hurt, or fear comes your way, have another thought that is more powerful a thought that is love. ~ Mary Manin Morrissey Love's creed is separate from all religions. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi You can't be wise and in love at the same time. ~ Bob Dylan We are easily tricked by those we love. ~ Jean Baptiste Molière When you love someone, all you saved up wishes start coming out. ~ Elizabeth Bowen What we love, we shall grow to resemble. ~ Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
"Love is the way I walk in gratitude." ~ A Course in Miracles