“Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved; for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.” IfsKnowsLoveBelieveFatherUnderstandingPerfectDivineKissingBlessedTrue LovePerfect Love Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“In each of us lies sleeping beauty, wasted potential, dying dreams. We sleep and live in dormant twilight, never knowing what it means to live, to love the bits of heaven that we can unearth deep in our hearts; not recognizing that our salvation is ever-present in those parts that we have disowned, denied, forgotten. The thorns of fear thwart faint attempt. The prince is courage, the kiss believing and then with these our life begins.” BelieveHeartMeanDreamLyingHeavenBitsSleepKnowingOur LivesDyingKissingSalvationForgottenDeniedTwilightRecognizingThornsDormantSleeping Beauty Author:Kay Thompson
“It is the immigrant hordes who keep this country alive, the waves of them arriving year after year.... Who believes in America more than the people who run down the gangplank and kiss the ground?” PeopleYearsBelieveCountryRunningAmericaAliveKissingWaveImmigrantsArrivingHorde Book:Homer & Langley: A Novel Source: Homer & Langley: A Novel