REFLECTIONS Being an atheist must be like living in a closed cell with no windows. I’d hate to live like that, wouldn’t you? We see them, mind you, on television today, many brilliant people who are professional atheists who say they know for a fact that it’s insanity to have a God or to believe in religion. Well, OK, God bless them for feeling that way and I hope they’re happy. But I couldn’t live with that certainty, and I wonder about some of them: why are they protesting so much? How are they so sure of what is out there? And who am I to refute the beliefs of so many great philosophers and martyrs all the way down the years? SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS
When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.
The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise. CARL KNUDSEN
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. MARCEL PROUST
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. WILLIAM PENN
You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen; it said "Parking Fine”.
Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness FLOYD W. TOMKINS
Being aware of your privilege allows you to spend it to benefit other people. As you move through the world, think of the opportunities you could pass on or how you could give up space for people who don’t have the same access to important spaces that you do. Real change happens when we give up power, without telling anyone we did it. FLORENCE GIVEN
TOMMY COOPER
The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
True, a worldwide tragedy like the COVID-19 pandemic momentarily revived the sense that we are a global community, all in the same boat, where one person’s problems are the problems of all. Once more we realised that no one is saved alone; we can only be saved together.
ROBERT FLATT
POPE FRANCIS, FRATELLI TUTTI
MAYA ANGELOU
WALTER RALEIGH
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. FRANCIS BACON
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. HELEN KELLER
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