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Make every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit has already created, with peace binding you together.
“Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world only, our own, we see that world multiply itself and we have at our disposal as many worlds as there are original artists, worlds more different one from the other than those which revolve in infinite space, worlds which, centuries after the extinction of the fire from which their light first emanated, whether it is called Rembrandt or Vermeer, send us still each one its special radiance.”
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“What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.”
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“It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.”
― My Father's Tears and Other Stories
― My Father's Tears and Other Stories
“The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. ”
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“Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. "Corrie," he began gently, "when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you your ticket?"
I sniffed a few times, considering this.
"Why, just before we get on the train."
"Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.”
― The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
I sniffed a few times, considering this.
"Why, just before we get on the train."
"Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.”
― The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
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Sheryl’s 2025 Year in Books
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