“The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for the sake of the truth. It teaches those too much concerned with a life in the flesh to deepen themselves through such sufferings instead of pursuing ease and comfort; and it makes the flesh's natural weakness in the endurance of suffering a foundation for overwhelming spiritual power. For the natural weakness of the saints is precisely such a foundation, since the Lord has made their weakness stronger than the proud devil.” MadeChristianSpiritualSufferingEvilNaturalLordTeachToo MuchProudComfortGloryWeaknessDevilConcernedStrongerFoundationPatientSakeSaintFleshEaseEnduranceOrthodoxOverwhelmingOrthodox ChristianSpiritual Power Author:Maximus the Confessor
“I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma.” WaySpiritualConsciousnessParticularMastersGrewGrew UpAspectStrongerVariousHeavyIndianCatholicismFollowersDogmaSpiritual MastersUnitarian Author:St. Vincent
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” LoveLifeBelieveFactsDreamSpiritualDeathHopeI BelieveImaginationLove IsPowerfulGriefLaughingLaughterStrongerMythCuresTriumphGrievingMy ImaginationBereavementInsperationalHopes And DreamsGriefingCreative ImaginationGrief LossGreat ImaginationDeath GriefGrief And DeathLove And LaughterGrief ComfortImagination And DreamsPower Of LaughterGrief And HopeInspirational LaughterAlways Laughing Book:It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Source: It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
“We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down.” ThinkingMaySpiritualEmotionStrengthEmotionalResourcesStrongerAdversityKnocked Down Author:Steve Goodier
“What takes its place is very dry education. And the tools that actually can teach you - singing and playing, learning how to participate with other people, spiritual richness - are replaced with a big emphasis on how to memorize things. That's such an incomplete education. Survival of the fittest used to mean being bigger and stronger.” PeopleMeanBigsSpiritualUsedTeachSurvivalSingingToolsBiggerStrongerDryReplacedEmphasisRichnessIncompleteSurvival Of The Fittest Author:Wynton Marsalis
“To have a free, peaceful and prosperous world we must be ever stronger particularly in the spiritual things....It is American belief in decency and justice and progress and the value of individual liberty because of the rights conferred on each of us by our Creator that willcarry us through.... There must be something in the heart as well as the head.” WorldWellsHeartSpiritualValuesIndividualBeliefJusticeLibertyRightsProgressStrongerCreatorPeacefulDecencyProsperousIndividual Liberty Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower