206 – “He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.”

–Philip Henry

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”

-Jim Elliot, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

196 – “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.”

–Frederick Buechner

148 – “Teaching is a calling, too. And I’ve always thought that teachers in their way are holy angels leading their flocks out of darkness.”

-Jeannette Walls

146 – “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”

–Solomon, King of Israel

91 – “What if your blessing come through raindrops? What if your healing comes through tears? What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know you’re near?”

– Laura Story

67 – “Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking & pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. If a monk keeps pursuing thinking imbued with sensuality, abandoning thinking imbued with renunciation, his mind is bent by that thinking imbued with sensuality. If a monk keeps pursuing thinking imbued with ill will, abandoning thinking imbued with non-ill will, his mind is bent by that thinking imbued with ill will. If a monk keeps pursuing thinking imbued with harmfulness, abandoning thinking imbued with harmlessness, his mind is bent by that thinking imbued with harmfulness.”

– Siddhartha Gautama, The Buddha