Lauren

“It is a hard thing for a rich man to grow poor; but it is an awful thing for him to grow dishonest, and some kinds of speculation lead a man deep into dishonesty before he thinks what he is about. Poverty will not make a man worthless—he may be of worth a great deal more when he is poor than he was when he was rich; but dishonesty goes very far indeed to make a man of no value—a thing to be thrown out in the dust-hole of the creation, like a bit of broken basin, or dirty rag.”
― George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”
― A.W. Tozer

“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.”
― C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

“I wish I had [made that song]. No, I don't That would be to take it from somebody else. But it's mine for all that.'
'What makes it yours?'
'I love it so.'
'Does loving a thing make it yours?'
'I think so, Mother -- at least more than anything else can. . . . Love makes the only myness,' said Diamond.”
― George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind