Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.” Stars God Nature ♥ 140
Lottie Moon Missionary “How many million more souls are to pass into eternity without having heard the name of Jesus?” Soul Jesus Names ♥ 140
Plato Philosopher “The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark - to guide it in the dim country of this world. But some souls, by rare fortune, are detained longer - have time to grasp a handful of tapers, which they weave into a torch. These are the torch-bearers of humanity - its poets, seers and saints, who lead and lift the race out of darkness, toward the light. They are the law-givers and saviors, the light-bringers, way-showers and truth-tellers, and without them, humanity would lose its way in the dark.” Country Spiritual Dark ♥ 139
Ernest Holmes Writer “Practically the whole human race is hypnotized because it thinks what somebody else told it to think.” Thinking Race Humans ♥ 139
Anne Lamott Author, Essayist “Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. Years ago I wrote an essay that began, "Some people think that God is in the details, but I have come to believe that God is in the bathroom.” Believe Prayer Grief ♥ 139
George Washington Military Leader, Politician “I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them.” Believe Christian Omnipotence ♥ 139
Joseph Prince Pastor “The world looks at what you have, while God sees who you have. The world's system is based on what you have done, while God looks at what Jesus has done on the cross for you.” Looks Done Jesus ♥ 139
Martin Buber Philosopher “Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself, as well as from others, than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian within our culture? ... I do not mean to imply that the evil are anything other than a small minority among the religious or that the religious motives of most people are in any way spurious. I mean only that evil people tend to gravitate toward piety for the disguise and concealment it can offer them.” Mean Christian Religious ♥ 139
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poet, Novelist “Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.” Faith Shoes Autumn ♥ 138
Adrienne Rich Poet, Essayist, Feminist “When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing. Yet you know you exist and others like you, that this is a game with mirrors. It takes some strength of soul--and not just individual strength, but collective understanding--to resist this void, this nonbeing, into which are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard.” Teacher Mirrors Individual Strength ♥ 138
Ramakrishna Spiritual Leader “An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive” Heaven Ocean Rain ♥ 138
HF Henry Ford Industrialist “Those who walk with God always reach their destination.” Walks Destination Walking With God ♥ 138
