Quotes of Richard J. Foster

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We can go through all the activities of our days in joyful awareness of God's presence.

- Richard J. Foster

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“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. ”

- Woody Allen

“ With love comes the risk of losing it. With love comes the risk of getting burnt with it. When love burns, it consumes even the soul. ”

- Jyoti Arora

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ How can I put the Auras back in the chest?” I asked, terror boiling inside my stomach. “You can’t. Not if those that were or will be struck by them won’t be eager to express their feelings and let you help them. You do not change people, dearie. It’s the people that change themselves. You’re the Guardian, but they’re the bearers,” the Oracle whispered. “I’m no Guardian. I’m doomed!” I said and I knew that this was true. ”

- Victoria Moschou

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ As an African elite, look within and ask, what can I do to change the present African narratives? What niche can I carve and do my uncompromising best to lift this continent? For my sake and for the sake of my children Jumoke Odepe ”

- Jumoke Odepe

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike