Peter Ackerman

“Collect of the Day: Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342 Almighty God, in your love you gave your servant Nicholas of Myra a perpetual name for deeds of kindness both on land and sea: Grant, we pray, that your Church may never cease to work for the happiness of children, the safety of sailors, the relief of the poor, and the help of those tossed by tempests of doubt or grief; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.”
― Anonymous

“And among His wonders is this: He creates for you mates out of your own kind so that you might incline towards them, and He engenders love and tenderness between you: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think.”
― Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

“The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of every man’s life; and until he has realised it he is not a complete human being, has not entered into possession of all his powers. It”
― Evelyn Underhill, Practical Mysticism

“8Come near to God, and he will come near to you.”
― Anonymous, CEB Common English Bible With Apocrypha