“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”
August Wilson
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.”
C.S. Lewis
“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows”
Bible
“There are two births: the one when lightFirst strikes the new awakened sense;The other when two souls unite,And we must count our life from thence,When you loved me and I loved you,Then both of us were born anew.”
William Cartwright
“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.”
Dwight L. Moody
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
William Arthur Ward
“There is no love which does not become help.”
Paul Tillich
“Your love has been the greatest gift. It has meant everything to me.To know that I'm held in your heart,it is all that I'll ever need.”
Jill Hanna
“The miracle of Life's song is in the song of the child, singing in a small clear voice. The very same refrain which resounds throughout the entire world.Though seldom heard, as it is muted by the noise of everyday life. Listen closely, you can hear it. Raise your voice, incline your heart. You will find no greater sorrow than by leaving your verse unsung.”
