“No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us.” PeopleSaidEarthSpiritReligionCausesReligiousGratitudeBlessedThanksgivingThankfulnessBeing ThankfulGiver Book:Roosevelt's Writings: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt Source: Roosevelt's Writings: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
“Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the way of the Sacramentarians, nor sat in the seat of the Zwinglians, nor followed the Council of the Zurichers.” MenWayReligionHe ManBlessedSatSeatsCouncil Author:Martin Luther
“On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of the Virgin, and returned full of pride to show my blessed posy. My mother laughed her irreverent laugh and, looking at my bunch of flowers, which was bringing the may-bug into the sitting-room right under the lamp, she said: Do you suppose it wasn't already blessed before?” FirstsMaySaidShowsSpiritMotherReligionSpiritualityRoomsClassLaughingFlowerPrideSittingBlessedRoseBunchLaughedGardeningVirginsBugsLampsAltarsComradeLilacIrreverentCatechismPosies Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.” DifferentRealityHappensReligionSufferingCoursesImaginationGriefAcceptingExpectationsProgramBlessedOneselfThings HappenCurseBereavementMournGrief Observed Author:C. S. Lewis