“God's job ain't to make our lives easier, it's to make us better souls by the lessons He gives us.” Quote by Susan Crandall
“Our souls demand Purgatory, don't they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us, It is true, my son, that your breath smells and your rags drip with mud and slime, but we are charitable here and no one will upbraid you with these things, nor draw away from you. Enter into joy? Should we not reply, With submission, sir, and if there is no objection, I'd rather be cleansed first. It may hurt, you know-even so, sir.” IfsKnowsShouldFirstsHeartMaySaidSoulJoyHurtBreakSonDemandDrawsBreathsSmellMy SonMudSubmissionObjectionsCharitableAway From YouRagsPurgatorySlimeUpbraid Book:Joyful Christian Source: Joyful Christian
“He could hear trhe voices, the whispers, the sighs, of these souls who were unable to let go of their burdens. ... Pi understood this need to hold on. To let let go of his pain. It had become such a part of him. Who would he be without it? The thought frightened him. So he wandered the halls of the catacombs like the other souls who were half-dead and half-alive.” NeedsSoulPainVoiceHalfAliveLetting GoUnderstoodBurdenHallsFrightenedSighUnable To Let Go Author:Clare Vanderpool
“These dwell among the blackest souls,loaded down deep by sins of differing types.If you sink far enough,you'll see them all.” IfsSoulEnoughSinTypeLoaded Author:Dante Alighieri
“An enlightened entertainer, via story, casts her line into the souls of others, hooks their heart, and pulls their greater potential to the surface.” HeartSoulStoriesLinesGreaterCastsSurfaceEnlightenedHookEntertainers Author:Derek Rydall
“A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darkness. They both risk their souls.” MenSoulDarknessRisk Author:Homer Hickam
“Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.” IfsBookSoulEnemyConquerorVengefulBurn Book Author:James Gleick
“Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.” MindHeartSoulLeaderTeacher Author:Ann Richards
“You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.” MayTomorrowTomorrow May Never Come Author:Gloria Estefan
“Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original components? Fresh new souls, drawn at random for some celestial cupboard where God keeps an unending supply?Or the same soul, immortal and eternal, refurbished and reused through endless lives, by that thrifty Housekeeper? In Her wisdom and benevolence She wipes off the memory slates, as part of the cleaning process, because if we could remember all the things we have experienced in earlier lives, we might object to risking it again.” IfsYearsSoulMightActionRememberProcessMemoriesCommonObjectsEternalOriginalsEndlessCombinationImmortalLive ByChemicalsCleaningComponentsWipeBenevolenceCelestialSlateUnendingCrumblingCupboardsHousekeepersThriftyEndless Life Author:Barbara Mertz
“There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about.” KnowsWantSoulSecretDepth Author:Charles Durning