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Quote by William C. Bryant

“I shall seeThe hour of death draw near to me,Hope, blossoming within my heart. . . .”

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William C. Bryant was an American poet, born on November 3, 1794, and died on June 12, 1878. His poetry is known for its concise language and profound emotional expression, which has had a profound impact on American literature. more

“There exists a mountain of circumstantial evidence that consciousness survives bodily death. This is the kind of evidence that would stand up in a court of law. Some people believe that science needs better tools to quantify what consciousness is. Perhaps when we discover what consciousness is we will be on the road to providing absolute scientific evidence that there is life after death.”

People Needs Believe Kind Law Consciousness Mountain Evidence Tools Absolutes Court Providing After Death Life After Death Near Death Scientific Evidence Circumstantial Evidence

Author:Jean Ritchie

“The biggest surprise for most people in dying is to realize that dying does not end life. Whether darkness or light comes next, or some kind of event, be it positive, negative, or somewhere in between, expected or unexpected, the biggest surprise of all is to realize you are still you.”

People Kind Doe Stills Ends Light Next Realizing Darkness Dying Events Negative Surprise Expected Unexpected Near Death

Book:We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death

Source: We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death

“The dying often have the sensation of rising up and floating above their own body while it is surrounded by a medical team, and watching it down below, while feeling comfortable. They experience the feeling of being in a spiritual body that appears to be a sort of living energy field.”

Feelings Body Spiritual Energy Team Dying Fields Comfortable Medical Rising Sensations Floating Near Death Rising Up Energy Fields

Author:Raymond Moody

“Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.”

Giving Should Funny Spiritual Advice Evening Sarcasm Sarcastic Spiritual Advice

Author:Oscar Wilde

“The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.”

Soul Desire Objects Intense Contemplation Tire Truth And Beauty

Book:Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on

Source: Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on

“Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it”

Way Contemplation Digestion

Book:The New Dictionary of Thoughts

Source: The New Dictionary of Thoughts

“Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelèd throne, the Cherub Contemplation.”

Wings Golden Contemplation Wheels Thrones Soar Fiery Cherubs

Book:Samson Agonistes and Other Poems: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

Source: Samson Agonistes and Other Poems: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

“Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church.”

Should Important Spiritual Spirituality Women Leadership Church Spiritual Leadership

Book:Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt

Source: Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt

“There is no such thing as a self made spiritual leader. He is able to influence others spiritually only because the Spirit is able to work in and through him to a greater degree than in those he leads.”

Made Self Able Spiritual Spirit Leader Greater Influence Degrees Self Made Spiritual Leader Spiritual Leadership

Author:J. Oswald Sanders

“We will not "forget" so as to be able to rejoice; we will rejoice and therefore let those memories (of wrongs suffered) slip out of our minds!”

Mind Able Memories Forget Slips Rejoice

Author:Miroslav Volf

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