Here are some of my favorite quotes. Some of them are inspiration for my time in Costa Rica. Enjoy!
"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, buy only more love." - Mother Teresa
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou
"I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough." - Noah Calhoun
"If you follow Jesus only because he makes life easy now, it will look to the world as though you really love what they love, and Jesus just happens to provide it for you. But if you suffer with Jesus in the pathway of love because he is your supreme treasure, then it will be apparent to the world that your heart is set on a different fortune than theirs." - John Piper
"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air." - Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Advocate: This is not about rescue, so as to feel good when the child lights up with a smile. This is not about the comfort of compassion. This is hard work, struggling with ripped families and children in clouds of pain, anger dancing round their hearts in the turmoil of a world made crazy. This is caring, yes, but also what is just, what should be demanded. It takes love and a certain amount of courage. And in the simple act of person helping person, it becomes extraordinary." - Mercedes Lawry
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
"The life which is unexamined is not worth living." - Socrates
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Wow, those are some amazing quotes! Especially the ones referencing loving until it hurts only to find no more hurt - only more love. Wow! That speaks volumes! Where'd you find these quotes? They are quite impactful.
I'm praying for you!
Luv,
Pat
i dig your quotes. where is the piper one from? historically have been very scared about that individual, but that quote made me feel like there is hope...
here's mine (i put it on fb-not sure if you saw it..)
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. We are faced now with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late...WE may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: Too late."
from: 'Where do we go from here: chaos or community'
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