Elizabeth

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“The spring is not so beautiful there–
But dream ships sail away
To where the spring is wondrous rare
And life is gay.

The spring is not so beautiful there–
But lads put out to sea
Who carry beauties in their hearts
And dreams, like me.”
― Langston Hughes

“Island

Wave of sorrow,
Do not drown me now:

I see the island
Still ahead somehow.

I see the island
And its sands are fair:

Wave of sorrow,
Take me there.”
― Langston Hughes, Selected Poems

“Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander the Great, Caesar, Mohammed, and Napoleon; without science and learning, he shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers and scholars combined; without the eloquence of school, he spoke such words of life as were never spoken before or since, and produced effects which lie beyond the reach of orator or poet; without writing a single line, he set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, learned volumes, works of art, and songs of praise than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times.”
― Philip Schaff