“Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don't really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible.” WayWantI CanBlackTalkingDoubtTreePrayingWoodsInvisibleMy WayNo DoubtHugOaksTalkersOak Tree Author:Mary Oliver
“The first thing I remember about the world and I pray that it may be the last is that I was a stranger in it. This feeling, which everyone has in some degree, and which is, at once, the glory and desolation of homo sapiens , provides the only thread of consistency that I can detect in my life.” WorldFirstsMayI CanFeelingsLastsRememberPrayingDegreesGloryStrangerThreadConsistencyI PrayHomo SapiensDesolation Book:The Very Best of Malcolm Muggeridge Source: The Very Best of Malcolm Muggeridge
“For I've finally realized that I could be infinitely better than before, definitely stronger. I'll face whatever comes my way, I'll savor each moment of the day, love as many people as I can along the way. Help someone who's given up, even if it's just to raise my eyes and pray.” PeopleIfsWayI CanMomentsHelpingEyeFacesGivenPrayingStrongerRaisesMy WayGiven Up Author:Gloria Estefan
“As for women that do not think their own safety worth their thought, that impatient of their present state, resolve as they call it to take the first good Christian that comes; that runs into matrimony, as a horse rushes into battle; I can say nothing to them, but this, that they are a sort of ladies that are to be pray'd for among the rest of distemper'd people; and to me they look like people that venture their whole estates in a lottery where there is a hundred thousand blanks to one prize.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLooksI CanStatesWholeRunningChristianWomenPrayingBattleThousandHundredHorseSafetyPrizeResolveEstatesVentureImpatientLotteryMatrimonyGood Christian Book:The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt Source: The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt
“I want to be able to twitch my nose like that so I can clean my house! I have four children. I have been praying for that gift, but I haven't gotten it yet.” WantChildrenHas BeensI CanAbleHouseFourHavensPrayingOur ChildrenCleanNosesWitchcraft Author:Silver RavenWolf