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And Joy is Everywhere;
It is in the Earth's green covering of grass;
In the blue serenity of the Sky;
In the reckless exuberance of Spring;
In the severe abstinence of gray Winter;
In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;
In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;
In Living;
In the exercise of all our powers;
In the acquisition of Knowledge;
in fighting evils...
Joy is there Everywhere.
~Rabindranath Tagore

Let us not become weary in doing good,
for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
~Galatians 6:9

Little and lasting is better than much and passing.
~Moroccan Proverb

I sought my soul,
But my soul I could not see.
I sought my God,
But my God eluded me.
I sought my sisters and my brothers,
And in them I found all three.

To be in Christ is redemption,
But for Christ to be in you is sanctification.
To be in Christ is to be fit for heaven,
But for Christ to be in you is to be fit for earth.

To us also,
through every star,
through every blade of grass,
is not God made visible
if we will open our minds and eyes?
~Thomas Carlyle

Live a life you are proud of.
Think not of the past,
keep your eyes on the future
and your heart in the right place.
All will turn out well.
Love as you would want to be loved.
You are loved.

If I can put one touch of a rosy sunset
into the life of any man or woman,
I shall feel that I have worked with God.
~Henry David Thoreau

God has made a door opening into truth which He opens
to all who knock upon it with hands of faith.

I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea;
Yet know I how the
Heather looks,
And what a wave must be.
I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in Heaven;
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the chart were given.
~Emily Dickinson

Nothing before,
Nothing behind;
The steps of faith fall
On the Seemingly void
And find the rock beneath.
~John Greenleaf Whittier

"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We're afraid."
"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We will fall!"
"Come to the edge."
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
~Guillaume Apollinaire

What if you slept?
And what if,
In your sleep
You dreamed?
And what if,
In your dream,
You went to Heaven
And there plucked
A strange and
Beautiful flower?
And what if,
When you awoke,
You had the flower
In your hand?
Ah, what then?
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Precious Lord, take my hand,
lead me on, let me stand,
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn,
Through the storm, through the night
lead me on to the light,
Take my hand, precious Lord,
Lead me home.

Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow,
"I did not come to comfort you;
God only can do that,
But I did come to say
How deeply and tenderly I feel for you..."
~Tryon Edwards

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