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“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“And men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time . . .”
― Saint Augustine

“You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains hidden even from his own spirit; but you, Lord, know everything about a human being because you have made him...Let me, then, confess what I know about myself, and confess too what I do not know, because what I know of myself I know only because you shed light on me, and what I do not know I shall remain ignorant about until my darkness becomes like bright noon before your face.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“You are not the mind itself. For You are the Lord God of the mind. All these things are liable to change, but You remain immutable above all things.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

“When I come to be united to thee with all my being, then there will be no more pain and toil for me, and my life shall be a real life, being wholly filled by thee.”
― Saint Augustine, The Confessions

“The happy life is this - to rejoice to thee, in thee, and for thee.”
― Saint Augustine, The Confessions

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
― Corrie ten Boom

“This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place

“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook

“Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place

“How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place

“When you are covered by His wings, it can get pretty dark.”
― Corrie ten Boom

“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“He uses our problems for His miracles. This was my first lesson in learning to trust Him completely...”
― Corrie Ten Boom, Tramp for the Lord

“If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.”
― Corrie ten Boom

“The Weaver”

“My life is but a weaving
Between my God and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He weaveth steadily.

Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow;
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I the underside.

Not ’til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
And reveal the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned

He knows, He loves, He cares;
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives the very best to those
Who leave the choice to Him.”
― Grant Colfax Tullar

“Let us not see today's troubles as a reason to give up; let us see them as an opportunity for God to deliver.”
― Dillon Burroughs, Hunger No More: A 1-Year Devotional Journey Through the Psalms

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe