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laughter eye wrinkles
Nothingever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the onset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have a malady in the less attractive forms. Charles Dickens
laughter littles rotten
A religion that cannot stand a little laughter must be a very rotten one. Charles Spurgeon
laughter believe miracle
There is no mission, nor interest to convert, and yet I believe that if this state of consciousness could become more universal, the pretentious nonsense which passes for the serious business of the world would dissolve in laughter. We should see at once that the high ideals for which we are killing and regimenting each other are empty and abstract substiutes for the unheeded miracles that surround us - not only in the obvious wonders of nature but also in the overwhelming uncanny fact of mere existence. Alan Watts
laughter humanity oneself
Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. Alan Watts
laughter believe everyday
The point is seeing that THIS - the immediate, everyday and present experience - is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of a universe. I believe that if this state of consciousness could become more universal, the pretentious nonsense which passes for the serious business of the world would dissolve in laughter... Alan Watts
laughter real anxiety
Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter. Alan Watts
laughter laughing way
I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously. Alan Rickman
laughter healing loss
In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the person that you've lost again. Alan Alda
laughter laughing doubt
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Alan Alda
grace imitation facility
Those graces which from their presumed facility encourage all to attempt an imitation of them, are usually the most inimitable. Charles Caleb Colton
grace sovereign sin
Sin is sovereign till sovereign grace dethrones it. Charles Spurgeon
grace salvation ends
There is no other salvation except that which begins and ends with grace. Charles Spurgeon
grace promise given
God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled. Charles Spurgeon
grace holiness saint
The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace. Charles Spurgeon
grace guilt debt
As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. Aiden Wilson Tozer
grace world sin
Abounding sin is the terror of the world, but abounding grace is the hope of mankind. Aiden Wilson Tozer
grace benefits pleasure
Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving. Aiden Wilson Tozer
grace needs thirsty
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. Aiden Wilson Tozer
sainthood saint acceptable
Sainthood is acceptable only in saints. Pamela Hansford Johnson
sainthood world today
With the world in the state it is today, whoever is virtuous must be so to the point of sainthood, and even beyond; whoever is a sinner must be so to the point of bestiality and even beyond. Today the middle road is no more. Nikos Kazantzakis
sainthood spirituality sanctity
Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else. Thomas Merton